Switching to private for next year after being a public school advocate my entire life. The gifted program has done nothing for my mathematically talented 4th grader, and I'm burnt out supplementing at home. Private is willing to work with us on differentiated math curriculum since class sizes are really small. They agreed to support him doing AOPs curriculum. Leaving public schools is bitter sweet because I've tried to so hard to support our local public schools and I really want them to work for everyone.

I am totally shocked that two Ivy League grads put their kid in private school. :-|

Anonymous wrote:Anybody else? DH and I are both double-Ivies so everyone would expect our kids to be in AAP and I guess to an extent we would expect it ourselves. But we have no desire to test prep or see kids bragging about their test scores or how they’re in an advanced program or math class at such a young age. So we’ve opted out starting K. It won’t even be on the table. My kids can have fun being kids. Anyone else?

Why can’t they be kids in gen pop? Why would private even be necessary?

Anonymous wrote:Anybody else? DH and I are both double-Ivies so everyone would expect our kids to be in AAP and I guess to an extent we would expect it ourselves. But we have no desire to test prep or see kids bragging about their test scores or how they’re in an advanced program or math class at such a young age. So we’ve opted out starting K. It won’t even be on the table. My kids can have fun being kids. Anyone else?

Lol at the toxic insecurities displayed here.

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Anonymous wrote:Our children also qualified for AAP but we left because we were underwhelmed with the AAP program at FCPS. It was really a disappointment.

We are fortunate to have what we have, but private school is still a sacrifice for us. It's night and day better than what's on offer in the "AAP" program at FCPS. Sadly, the entire focus of FCPS has shifted away from academic excellence, in my opinion.

What school do you choose for your child?

The Fictional School of Doesn’tExist.

You can tell anti-Public trolls quite easily, and that poster is one.

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Anonymous wrote:Our children also qualified for AAP but we left because we were underwhelmed with the AAP program at FCPS. It was really a disappointment.

We are fortunate to have what we have, but private school is still a sacrifice for us. It's night and day better than what's on offer in the "AAP" program at FCPS. Sadly, the entire focus of FCPS has shifted away from academic excellence, in my opinion.

What school do you choose for your child?

+1
I'd love to send my kid to a private but I am not American and am shocked at the idea of religiously affiliated schools and will not send my son to one. Would love to find a school other than GDS.
Potomac, Congressional, Langley, and Basis do not seem like good options.

Anonymous wrote:Our children also qualified for AAP but we left because we were underwhelmed with the AAP program at FCPS. It was really a disappointment.

We are fortunate to have what we have, but private school is still a sacrifice for us. It's night and day better than what's on offer in the "AAP" program at FCPS. Sadly, the entire focus of FCPS has shifted away from academic excellence, in my opinion.

What school do you choose for your child?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anybody else? DH and I are both double-Ivies so everyone would expect our kids to be in AAP and I guess to an extent we would expect it ourselves. But we have no desire to test prep or see kids bragging about their test scores or how they’re in an advanced program or math class at such a young age. So we’ve opted out starting K. It won’t even be on the table. My kids can have fun being kids. Anyone else?

What is AAP? Is this a public school thing?

I had to Google it. It stands for advanced academic programs, and seems to be a public school thing.

As a former gifted kid who attended gifted programs and is now a middle-aged professional adult, I'd like to tell parents of gifted kids to calm down. Stop stressing your kids out. Stop worrying about the future. Let the kids be kids. Don't push them too hard -- you'll create anxious kids who feel like nothing they do is ever quite good enough for you. Chill, y'all.

That's exactly the whole point of OP's post.

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody else? DH and I are both double-Ivies so everyone would expect our kids to be in AAP and I guess to an extent we would expect it ourselves. But we have no desire to test prep or see kids bragging about their test scores or how they’re in an advanced program or math class at such a young age. So we’ve opted out starting K. It won’t even be on the table. My kids can have fun being kids. Anyone else?

What is AAP? Is this a public school thing?

I had to Google it. It stands for advanced academic programs, and seems to be a public school thing.

As a former gifted kid who attended gifted programs and is now a middle-aged professional adult, I'd like to tell parents of gifted kids to calm down. Stop stressing your kids out. Stop worrying about the future. Let the kids be kids. Don't push them too hard -- you'll create anxious kids who feel like nothing they do is ever quite good enough for you. Chill, y'all.

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody else? DH and I are both double-Ivies so everyone would expect our kids to be in AAP and I guess to an extent we would expect it ourselves. But we have no desire to test prep or see kids bragging about their test scores or how they’re in an advanced program or math class at such a young age. So we’ve opted out starting K. It won’t even be on the table. My kids can have fun being kids. Anyone else?

This is the right approach. Recent research has shown that when parents both attend at least two Ivy league schools, the prestige of those degrees is evident in DNA. A prestige gene affixes itself to various spots in the DNA helix, creating offspring that don't need to bother with AAP in public schools, and can be assured they will glide into the Ivy league themselves.

Plus, these children emit an ultraviolet halo that can only be seen by others with the same double ivy gene.

Anonymous wrote:Anybody else? DH and I are both double-Ivies so everyone would expect our kids to be in AAP and I guess to an extent we would expect it ourselves. But we have no desire to test prep or see kids bragging about their test scores or how they’re in an advanced program or math class at such a young age. So we’ve opted out starting K. It won’t even be on the table. My kids can have fun being kids. Anyone else?

This is funny. I'm going to enjoy this poster in a few years when they are test prepping their kids for the SATs and complaining that their math curriculum is too weak.

Anonymous wrote:Anybody else? DH and I are both double-Ivies so everyone would expect our kids to be in AAP and I guess to an extent we would expect it ourselves. But we have no desire to test prep or see kids bragging about their test scores or how they’re in an advanced program or math class at such a young age. So we’ve opted out starting K. It won’t even be on the table. My kids can have fun being kids. Anyone else?

What is AAP? Is this a public school thing?

Our children also qualified for AAP but we left because we were underwhelmed with the AAP program at FCPS. It was really a disappointment.

We are fortunate to have what we have, but private school is still a sacrifice for us. It's night and day better than what's on offer in the "AAP" program at FCPS. Sadly, the entire focus of FCPS has shifted away from academic excellence, in my opinion.

Anonymous wrote:Total troll post

I don’t think this is a troll post at all and think many people choose private school to avoid teaching to the test.

Anonymous wrote:Anybody else? DH and I are both double-Ivies so everyone would expect our kids to be in AAP and I guess to an extent we would expect it ourselves. But we have no desire to test prep or see kids bragging about their test scores or how they’re in an advanced program or math class at such a young age. So we’ve opted out starting K. It won’t even be on the table. My kids can have fun being kids. Anyone else?

AAP is kinda nonsense. It’s not really even a uniform program. It’s different at different schools and different between ES and MS. It’s only 1 data point, but my DD has been in a small, rarely mentioned on DCUM private since K. DS (older) was in FCPS AAP 3rd through 6th. DD is in 6th now. Comparing their 6th grade experiences, her coursework is more challenging than his was, especially in reading and writing (and maths are no worse) and her school is better at teaching skills like EF to boot.