Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pleaes forgive me if I'm compeltely missing something here...I read the timeline to say they will mail out in-pool letters on Jan 14th and then appeals by parents are due Jan 15th? Am I reading this right?
Our school sent home a letter yesterday announcing an information session for parents of students in the 2nd grade pool and those interested in making a Level 4 referral. If they don't mail the letters until the 14th, we might not even receive them before this meeting so how would I know if my DC is in pool or not.
Just submit a parent referral anyway -- those are treated the same as in-pool students.
The Jan. 15 appeal deadline is for those in grades 3-8 who applied to transfer into AAP for the second half of the school year and were denied in December 2013. These are kids who don't attend FCPS or came into FCPS after the deadline last year.
As for your school's informational meeting, if you're interested in AAP, go to the meeting. It's usually very informative regardless of whether your child is in-pool or you parent-refer. The optional materials are the same either way and you can get some useful ideas from the AART about those.