Anonymous
03/31/2025 14:17
Subject: Anyone else very eager to know if their kid is in?
I do want to know if we will have to appeal. It's a pretty quick turnaround.
Anonymous
03/28/2025 13:32
Subject: Anyone else very eager to know if their kid is in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don't like waiting, but feel fairly certain my kid won't be accepted, so not exactly dying to know? I hate knowing that his friends will be talking about it in school the next day. I haven't figured out how to handle his feelings about this yet. His siblings are all in the program, and he's just as bright (if not more bright) than they are, but is just different in school. I hate the whole process, and honestly wish they would do away with it (and just have school-placed advanced math). But anyway, it would be nice to have it over with!
I put the fear of god into my child to not make others feel poorly by talking openly, so much to the extent they were terrified to tell anyone and put them under undue stress for being accepted. We ended up being the parents who surprised everyone at the orientation/info sessions. Apparently the parents knew 9 kids got accepted and couldn't track down the 9th child. So I'd second the notion that the parents are more of the culprits than kids themselves as another PP stated.
love this. good on you.
Anonymous
03/28/2025 13:22
Subject: Re:Anyone else very eager to know if their kid is in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I really don’t think it will be today - but if I were them, I’d send it out today rather than next Friday because of the long weekend.
So true. That would be great. But I am sure will not happen.
I got excited thinking we may get notified today, but I realize someone was just speculating. The fcps website says April 3-4.
Anonymous
03/28/2025 12:14
Subject: Re:Anyone else very eager to know if their kid is in?
Anonymous wrote:I really don’t think it will be today - but if I were them, I’d send it out today rather than next Friday because of the long weekend.
So true. That would be great. But I am sure will not happen.
Anonymous
03/28/2025 12:13
Subject: Anyone else very eager to know if their kid is in?
Anonymous wrote:I don't like waiting, but feel fairly certain my kid won't be accepted, so not exactly dying to know? I hate knowing that his friends will be talking about it in school the next day. I haven't figured out how to handle his feelings about this yet. His siblings are all in the program, and he's just as bright (if not more bright) than they are, but is just different in school. I hate the whole process, and honestly wish they would do away with it (and just have school-placed advanced math). But anyway, it would be nice to have it over with!
I put the fear of god into my child to not make others feel poorly by talking openly, so much to the extent they were terrified to tell anyone and put them under undue stress for being accepted. We ended up being the parents who surprised everyone at the orientation/info sessions. Apparently the parents knew 9 kids got accepted and couldn't track down the 9th child. So I'd second the notion that the parents are more of the culprits than kids themselves as another PP stated.
Anonymous
03/28/2025 10:08
Subject: Anyone else very eager to know if their kid is in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I don't like waiting, but feel fairly certain my kid won't be accepted, so not exactly dying to know? I hate knowing that his friends will be talking about it in school the next day. I haven't figured out how to handle his feelings about this yet. His siblings are all in the program, and he's just as bright (if not more bright) than they are, but is just different in school. I hate the whole process, and honestly wish they would do away with it (and just have school-placed advanced math). But anyway, it would be nice to have it over with!
Gosh do the kids really go to school and talk about it?
I would just like to know so that I can start preparing the appeal if needed!
My older two kids are in the AAP program and I have a current 2nd grader.
When my middle child was in second grade, he did not get in despite having the marks and he absolutely did feel horrible when many of his friends got in and were talking about it and went to AAP orientation. I do not think anyone deliberately tries to make others feel bad, but there absolutely will be hurt feelings. My child eventually got in on appeal.
Anonymous
03/28/2025 09:54
Subject: Re:Anyone else very eager to know if their kid is in?
Anonymous wrote:I really don’t think it will be today - but if I were them, I’d send it out today rather than next Friday because of the long weekend.
Good point, but they probably weren't paying attention to that when they stated April 3/4. It would be surprising if they announced ahead of their own published date.
Anonymous
03/28/2025 09:48
Subject: Re:Anyone else very eager to know if their kid is in?
I really don’t think it will be today - but if I were them, I’d send it out today rather than next Friday because of the long weekend.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 10:36
Subject: Anyone else very eager to know if their kid is in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A change of this magnitude is a big deal to a kid, I don't understand people that try to play it off like it isn't / look down down on people that admit to it.
We're eager too, and if i'm being honest, really hoping for local principal placement if Level 4 /"full time" doesn't work out. That way it's a win/win.
Do centers have principal placement? I don't know how one could be optimistic about principal placement unless they are "in" with the principal, AART, etc.
Some centers do principal place, and please ignore the people who will come and say that centers aren't allowed to. I personally know kids whose parents told me they were principal placed in 4th (not that the parents re-applied, or even ever applied for level IV in the first place).
I expect people can be optimistic about principal placement if their kid is generally a well-liked, smart kid who does well in school and there's a lot of principal placement at that school. In my middle DC's AAP class I think 3 or 4 kids were principal placed in to just that 1 class out of the 3 possible classes.
Is this something that you just have to hope happens or does one talk with the AART and/or the principal (and if so, what does one say)?
The referral for level II/III is done in April/May timeframe. You can always, if your appeal for level IV is denied, submit parent stuff to go with that - it's not often done but I did it for 1 of my kids for level II because their teachers was inept (literally fired after that year) and I was worried DC wouldn't be flagged. And you can always ask the AART I guess.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 10:31
Subject: Anyone else very eager to know if their kid is in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A change of this magnitude is a big deal to a kid, I don't understand people that try to play it off like it isn't / look down down on people that admit to it.
We're eager too, and if i'm being honest, really hoping for local principal placement if Level 4 /"full time" doesn't work out. That way it's a win/win.
Do centers have principal placement? I don't know how one could be optimistic about principal placement unless they are "in" with the principal, AART, etc.
Some centers do principal place, and please ignore the people who will come and say that centers aren't allowed to. I personally know kids whose parents told me they were principal placed in 4th (not that the parents re-applied, or even ever applied for level IV in the first place).
I expect people can be optimistic about principal placement if their kid is generally a well-liked, smart kid who does well in school and there's a lot of principal placement at that school. In my middle DC's AAP class I think 3 or 4 kids were principal placed in to just that 1 class out of the 3 possible classes.
Is this something that you just have to hope happens or does one talk with the AART and/or the principal (and if so, what does one say)?
Anonymous
03/27/2025 10:01
Subject: Anyone else very eager to know if their kid is in?
Anonymous wrote:When will we get the notifiication? Will it go out to everyone simultaneously from the central office?
Sort of simultaneously. In past years it's taken like 40 minutes for all the emails to go out, alphabetical by last name, starting around 5. It goes from aap@fcps.edu to, and this is important, the address on file of the enrolling parent. Make sure that's up to date and one you check if you want that notification the day of. And whitelist the AAP office email so it doesn't go to spam.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 10:01
Subject: Anyone else very eager to know if their kid is in?
Anonymous wrote:When will we get the notifiication? Will it go out to everyone simultaneously from the central office?
Yes. It is sent via email, usually between 4:30 and 5 p.m. on Friday. If the dates posted online are accurate, it should be on Friday, April 4 -- around that time, via email.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 10:00
Subject: Anyone else very eager to know if their kid is in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A change of this magnitude is a big deal to a kid, I don't understand people that try to play it off like it isn't / look down down on people that admit to it.
We're eager too, and if i'm being honest, really hoping for local principal placement if Level 4 /"full time" doesn't work out. That way it's a win/win.
Do centers have principal placement? I don't know how one could be optimistic about principal placement unless they are "in" with the principal, AART, etc.
Some centers do principal place, and please ignore the people who will come and say that centers aren't allowed to. I personally know kids whose parents told me they were principal placed in 4th (not that the parents re-applied, or even ever applied for level IV in the first place).
I expect people can be optimistic about principal placement if their kid is generally a well-liked, smart kid who does well in school and there's a lot of principal placement at that school. In my middle DC's AAP class I think 3 or 4 kids were principal placed in to just that 1 class out of the 3 possible classes.
Anonymous
03/27/2025 09:56
Subject: Anyone else very eager to know if their kid is in?
When will we get the notifiication? Will it go out to everyone simultaneously from the central office?
Anonymous
03/27/2025 07:24
Subject: Anyone else very eager to know if their kid is in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A change of this magnitude is a big deal to a kid, I don't understand people that try to play it off like it isn't / look down down on people that admit to it.
We're eager too, and if i'm being honest, really hoping for local principal placement if Level 4 /"full time" doesn't work out. That way it's a win/win.
Do centers have principal placement? I don't know how one could be optimistic about principal placement unless they are "in" with the principal, AART, etc.
Please read carefully. I said hoping for *local* principal placement, not center principal placement. Also, yes the hope is that if we don’t make center, we would be 1 of the top 28 kids at our local school (especially after the cream of the crop go to the center) and can be principal placed. We were in the pool.
I understand that--sorry, I was asking because we are at a center so I'm assuming principal placement is not an option at our school.
Good luck. Sounds like a good backup plan to have and wish we had that option!