Anonymous wrote:I was told to appeal by the principal at our ES. So glad for my Dcs that I did.

Very hard to believe, unless you're at a center...most principals despise the AAP brain/behavior drain, and I don't blame them.

ah, that makes sense!

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Anonymous wrote:Just get over the fact that your kid is intellectually mediocre, and move on with your lives.

I was prepared to do that if our kid didn't get in, but so few are.
Know one parent who appealed three times til her kid finally got in.

so few are what? not getting in?

garbled the sentence , meant so few are prepared to get over it if their kid doesn't get in.

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Anonymous wrote:Just get over the fact that your kid is intellectually mediocre, and move on with your lives.

I was prepared to do that if our kid didn't get in, but so few are.
Know one parent who appealed three times til her kid finally got in.

so few are what? not getting in?

Anonymous wrote:Just get over the fact that your kid is intellectually mediocre, and move on with your lives.

I was prepared to do that if our kid didn't get in, but so few are.
Know one parent who appealed three times til her kid finally got in.

Just get over the fact that your kid is intellectually mediocre, and move on with your lives.

Appeals are a part of the system. The folks at FCPS know that kids can fall through the cracks, for whatever reason, and they don't want that to happen. FCPS exists to educate children and its employees are people who care about children and want what's best for them.

I find it strange that an (alleged) AART is urging parents to appeal. Do you not have faith in your own system?

New poster. I have usually found that the people that work in a system are most aware of the flaws. That doesn't mean you think the whole system is worthless. There's an appeals process for a reason.

I was told to appeal by the principal at our ES. So glad for my Dcs that I did.

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Anonymous wrote:AART here. Appeals with new info are likely to get in IF scores are reasonably high....above 120 for example. Wisc of 125 or above on appeal should get in... Appeal, appeal!

Not our year. WISC was 129, and DD did not get in. That was for a parent referral, by the way, so not technically an appeal. However, at that point I figured it was clear that the powers-that-be didn't find her AAP material. She's doing just fine in Gen Ed.

Furthermore, I find it strange that an (alleged) AART is urging parents to appeal. Do you not have faith in your own system? If not, why should we buy into the program at all? (And I'm speaking as the parent of another AAP kid, so no sour grapes.)

Our AART specifically mentioned appealing many months ago at the informational meeting. She said that the committee can make mistakes and it happens all the time. I still don't think that poster was an AART, but FWIW, AARTs are not dissuading appeals.

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Anonymous wrote:AART here. Appeals with new info are likely to get in IF scores are reasonably high....above 120 for example. Wisc of 125 or above on appeal should get in... Appeal, appeal!

Not our year. WISC was 129, and DD did not get in. That was for a parent referral, by the way, so not technically an appeal. However, at that point I figured it was clear that the powers-that-be didn't find her AAP material. She's doing just fine in Gen Ed.

Furthermore, I find it strange that an (alleged) AART is urging parents to appeal. Do you not have faith in your own system? If not, why should we buy into the program at all? (And I'm speaking as the parent of another AAP kid, so no sour grapes.)

Highly doubt that's a real AART. Just a parent who wants lots of other parents to appeal, thus clogging up the system further.

Anonymous wrote:AART here. Appeals with new info are likely to get in IF scores are reasonably high....above 120 for example. Wisc of 125 or above on appeal should get in... Appeal, appeal!

Not our year. WISC was 129, and DD did not get in. That was for a parent referral, by the way, so not technically an appeal. However, at that point I figured it was clear that the powers-that-be didn't find her AAP material. She's doing just fine in Gen Ed.

Furthermore, I find it strange that an (alleged) AART is urging parents to appeal. Do you not have faith in your own system? If not, why should we buy into the program at all? (And I'm speaking as the parent of another AAP kid, so no sour grapes.)

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3) One of the mindless rabble who discourage people from appealing for reasons which continue to escape me.

Group #3 is summarily dismissed and I STRONGLY encourage Groups #1 and #2 to ignore them.

Your arrogance is amusing. I'll give you that.

Seriously. I strongly encourage OP to back off. I also find it amusing that some posters refer to those who have very valid grievances about AAP as "trolls". Anyone who is paying taxes to FCPS should have a say in how that money is spent and MANY people feel AAP is one program that needs to be cut, or at the very least, massively overhauled. I'll speak up whenever I please about this issue and I hope others who feel likewise do the same and not feel they have been "dismissed" by the OP or anyone else. FCPS is not made up solely of AAP kids and their parents.

Anonymous wrote:If you feel that your DC should be in AAP, but did not make it, appeal. You can always drop out. Most appeals are accepted.

Disagree. About 50% of appeals are accepted.

AART here. Appeals with new info are likely to get in IF scores are reasonably high....above 120 for example. Wisc of 125 or above on appeal should get in... Appeal, appeal!