Anonymous
04/22/2015 17:32
Subject: When will results be in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Our teacher just emailed an update saying we will hear by the first week of May.
If we find out first week of May, it needs to be on 5/1 on Friday to attend the orientation by 5/4 on Monday. Otherwise nobody will make it to the orientation unless we get the result on the day of May 4. I don't undersatand why they are sending it out so late if they already made the deciesion.
Sometimes the schools call parents to let them know, in advance of the letters making it to mailboxes.
Not true! This is FCPS we are talking about; do you know how many kids are in the pool? No way they would make calls.
Have two kids in AAP since third grade, and they are now in MS. I found that FCPS announcements like the AAP selection and TJ results arrive on Fridays or the day before the holiday. This will allow some cool down time before fielding phone calls from irate parents!
Anonymous
04/22/2015 17:16
Subject: When will results be in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Our teacher just emailed an update saying we will hear by the first week of May.
If we find out first week of May, it needs to be on 5/1 on Friday to attend the orientation by 5/4 on Monday. Otherwise nobody will make it to the orientation unless we get the result on the day of May 4. I don't undersatand why they are sending it out so late if they already made the deciesion.
Sometimes the schools call parents to let them know, in advance of the letters making it to mailboxes.
Anonymous
04/22/2015 16:39
Subject: When will results be in?
Anonymous wrote:Our teacher just emailed an update saying we will hear by the first week of May.
If we find out first week of May, it needs to be on 5/1 on Friday to attend the orientation by 5/4 on Monday. Otherwise nobody will make it to the orientation unless we get the result on the day of May 4. I don't undersatand why they are sending it out so late if they already made the deciesion.
Anonymous
04/22/2015 16:11
Subject: When will results be in?
Anonymous wrote:What's your case? That I'm not "chill" because my employer expects a reasonable amount of notice if I'm not going to be in the office doing the job they're paying me to do? Because if we get the letter on a Saturday and the orientation is that Monday, my taking time off from work unexpectedly will inconvenience a lot of people besides me. If the school would tell me when the orientation is, I can block the time now and my colleagues will plan around it. That's a simple courtesy. It must be nice to be so "chill" you don't care whether other people are inconvenienced.
[And yes, I know blocking the time on my calendar doesn't guarantee DC will get into AAP, but where I work it's easier to take things off the calendar than it is to put them on unexpectedly.]
It was more of a PSA, there are many more things like this in the next 15 years of your child's education. Breath, relax, make the plans you need to, build in flexibility into your day and life, get a massage, learn to meditate mindfully. Or else you will be on multiple BP medicines like the ones who came before you.
Anonymous
04/22/2015 16:00
Subject: When will results be in?
What's your case? That I'm not "chill" because my employer expects a reasonable amount of notice if I'm not going to be in the office doing the job they're paying me to do? Because if we get the letter on a Saturday and the orientation is that Monday, my taking time off from work unexpectedly will inconvenience a lot of people besides me. If the school would tell me when the orientation is, I can block the time now and my colleagues will plan around it. That's a simple courtesy. It must be nice to be so "chill" you don't care whether other people are inconvenienced.
[And yes, I know blocking the time on my calendar doesn't guarantee DC will get into AAP, but where I work it's easier to take things off the calendar than it is to put them on unexpectedly.]
[And yes, I know blocking the time on my calendar doesn't guarantee DC will get into AAP, but where I work it's easier to take things off the calendar than it is to put them on unexpectedly.]
Anonymous
04/22/2015 15:54
Subject: Re:When will results be in?
Anonymous wrote:Just looked at the website for our center and the orientation is on Monday, May 4th. I can't imagine we'd receive the letter later than the middle of next week.
They have been known to send out letters so late they come the day before the orientation.
Anonymous
04/22/2015 15:53
Subject: When will results be in?
Our teacher just emailed an update saying we will hear by the first week of May.
Anonymous
04/22/2015 15:49
Subject: Re:When will results be in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Central office is sharing the letters will be mailed towards April 30th, have no idea since decisions were made 4/02?
How do you know decisions were made on 4/2?
Look at the timeline - http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/fi...ile/N2401%20FY%202014-2015.pdf
But they had to do quality control on the ineligible files, so 4/2 to 4/20 seems like a reasonable amount of time. It's the 4/20 to 4/30 for notifying schools and parents that I don't get. What takes so long?
The churning of bureaucracy takes a long time. Get used to it. Let it go and know that you will know when you know. After this you still have the Iowa testing in 5th or 6th grade, Math SOL in 5th or 6th grade, TJ test in 8th grade, ACT Explore in 9th grade (or whatever they are using now), PSATs in 10th and 11th grade, AP tests in 10th, 11th and 12th grade, SATs ACTs in 11th and 12th grade, college applications and acceptances, scholarship applications and the wait for those............. Will he make the HS sports team? A HS sports team? Will he make the Senior orchestra or band? Many many science fairs, art competitions, debates........... You need to learn to chill. It will pass and something else will take its place.
Who says I'm not chill? All of the other things you mention - and I don't even know what half of them are - happen when they happen. This is a date-driven event. My center won't even tell me the orientation date because "it will be in the letter". That's great, but if my kid's accepted, I need to schedule time off from work to attend the orientation. The sooner they send out the letter, the sooner I can make the arrangements I need to make.
It's all about me, me, me!
Anonymous
04/22/2015 15:43
Subject: Re:When will results be in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Central office is sharing the letters will be mailed towards April 30th, have no idea since decisions were made 4/02?
How do you know decisions were made on 4/2?
Look at the timeline - http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/fi...ile/N2401%20FY%202014-2015.pdf
But they had to do quality control on the ineligible files, so 4/2 to 4/20 seems like a reasonable amount of time. It's the 4/20 to 4/30 for notifying schools and parents that I don't get. What takes so long?
The churning of bureaucracy takes a long time. Get used to it. Let it go and know that you will know when you know. After this you still have the Iowa testing in 5th or 6th grade, Math SOL in 5th or 6th grade, TJ test in 8th grade, ACT Explore in 9th grade (or whatever they are using now), PSATs in 10th and 11th grade, AP tests in 10th, 11th and 12th grade, SATs ACTs in 11th and 12th grade, college applications and acceptances, scholarship applications and the wait for those............. Will he make the HS sports team? A HS sports team? Will he make the Senior orchestra or band? Many many science fairs, art competitions, debates........... You need to learn to chill. It will pass and something else will take its place.
Who says I'm not chill? All of the other things you mention - and I don't even know what half of them are - happen when they happen. This is a date-driven event. My center won't even tell me the orientation date because "it will be in the letter". That's great, but if my kid's accepted, I need to schedule time off from work to attend the orientation. The sooner they send out the letter, the sooner I can make the arrangements I need to make.
LOL, I rest my case.
Anonymous
04/22/2015 15:18
Subject: Re:When will results be in?
Just looked at the website for our center and the orientation is on Monday, May 4th. I can't imagine we'd receive the letter later than the middle of next week.
Anonymous
04/22/2015 11:45
Subject: Re:When will results be in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Central office is sharing the letters will be mailed towards April 30th, have no idea since decisions were made 4/02?
How do you know decisions were made on 4/2?
Look at the timeline - http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/fi...ile/N2401%20FY%202014-2015.pdf
But they had to do quality control on the ineligible files, so 4/2 to 4/20 seems like a reasonable amount of time. It's the 4/20 to 4/30 for notifying schools and parents that I don't get. What takes so long?
The churning of bureaucracy takes a long time. Get used to it. Let it go and know that you will know when you know. After this you still have the Iowa testing in 5th or 6th grade, Math SOL in 5th or 6th grade, TJ test in 8th grade, ACT Explore in 9th grade (or whatever they are using now), PSATs in 10th and 11th grade, AP tests in 10th, 11th and 12th grade, SATs ACTs in 11th and 12th grade, college applications and acceptances, scholarship applications and the wait for those............. Will he make the HS sports team? A HS sports team? Will he make the Senior orchestra or band? Many many science fairs, art competitions, debates........... You need to learn to chill. It will pass and something else will take its place.
Who says I'm not chill? All of the other things you mention - and I don't even know what half of them are - happen when they happen. This is a date-driven event. My center won't even tell me the orientation date because "it will be in the letter". That's great, but if my kid's accepted, I need to schedule time off from work to attend the orientation. The sooner they send out the letter, the sooner I can make the arrangements I need to make.
Not announcing the date is obnoxious, especially when the letters might arrive only days before the orientation. My kids' school (which happens to also be a center) is not particularly vocal about the AAP program. Parents do have to dig to find information. However, the date for the orientation is (and has been for a while) on the calendar on the school's website. And many parents will need to take time off-- it is at 4:30pm on a week day.
Anonymous
04/22/2015 11:20
Subject: Re:When will results be in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Central office is sharing the letters will be mailed towards April 30th, have no idea since decisions were made 4/02?
How do you know decisions were made on 4/2?
Look at the timeline - http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/fi...ile/N2401%20FY%202014-2015.pdf
But they had to do quality control on the ineligible files, so 4/2 to 4/20 seems like a reasonable amount of time. It's the 4/20 to 4/30 for notifying schools and parents that I don't get. What takes so long?
The churning of bureaucracy takes a long time. Get used to it. Let it go and know that you will know when you know. After this you still have the Iowa testing in 5th or 6th grade, Math SOL in 5th or 6th grade, TJ test in 8th grade, ACT Explore in 9th grade (or whatever they are using now), PSATs in 10th and 11th grade, AP tests in 10th, 11th and 12th grade, SATs ACTs in 11th and 12th grade, college applications and acceptances, scholarship applications and the wait for those............. Will he make the HS sports team? A HS sports team? Will he make the Senior orchestra or band? Many many science fairs, art competitions, debates........... You need to learn to chill. It will pass and something else will take its place.
Who says I'm not chill? All of the other things you mention - and I don't even know what half of them are - happen when they happen. This is a date-driven event. My center won't even tell me the orientation date because "it will be in the letter". That's great, but if my kid's accepted, I need to schedule time off from work to attend the orientation. The sooner they send out the letter, the sooner I can make the arrangements I need to make.
PP - the orientation for our center was on a Saturday and I've read that the principal can meet w/ you if you are unable to make the orientation. In regards to "learning to chill" comment, yeah, I hear you but the squeaky wheel does get the grease so apathy isn't strategy that works for OP. It shouldn't be a mystery when the orientation is.
Anonymous
04/22/2015 11:06
Subject: Re:When will results be in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Central office is sharing the letters will be mailed towards April 30th, have no idea since decisions were made 4/02?
How do you know decisions were made on 4/2?
Look at the timeline - http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/fi...ile/N2401%20FY%202014-2015.pdf
But they had to do quality control on the ineligible files, so 4/2 to 4/20 seems like a reasonable amount of time. It's the 4/20 to 4/30 for notifying schools and parents that I don't get. What takes so long?
The churning of bureaucracy takes a long time. Get used to it. Let it go and know that you will know when you know. After this you still have the Iowa testing in 5th or 6th grade, Math SOL in 5th or 6th grade, TJ test in 8th grade, ACT Explore in 9th grade (or whatever they are using now), PSATs in 10th and 11th grade, AP tests in 10th, 11th and 12th grade, SATs ACTs in 11th and 12th grade, college applications and acceptances, scholarship applications and the wait for those............. Will he make the HS sports team? A HS sports team? Will he make the Senior orchestra or band? Many many science fairs, art competitions, debates........... You need to learn to chill. It will pass and something else will take its place.
Who says I'm not chill? All of the other things you mention - and I don't even know what half of them are - happen when they happen. This is a date-driven event. My center won't even tell me the orientation date because "it will be in the letter". That's great, but if my kid's accepted, I need to schedule time off from work to attend the orientation. The sooner they send out the letter, the sooner I can make the arrangements I need to make.
Anonymous
04/22/2015 10:54
Subject: When will results be in?
Anonymous wrote:I was told by DC's home room teacher to look for the letter in early May.
I think the teacher was trying to manage your expectations very conservatively. The AAP office's published timeline - http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/9Q6GDS43469E/$file/N2401%20FY%202014-2015.pdf - says that 4/30 is the last day for notifying parents. So, yes, if they don't mail the letters until 4/30, you could expect to receive them in early May. This discussion seems to more speculative as to whether they will mail the letters sooner than 4/30 and, if so, when.
Anonymous
04/22/2015 10:51
Subject: Re:When will results be in?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Central office is sharing the letters will be mailed towards April 30th, have no idea since decisions were made 4/02?
How do you know decisions were made on 4/2?
Look at the timeline - http://www.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/fi...ile/N2401%20FY%202014-2015.pdf
But they had to do quality control on the ineligible files, so 4/2 to 4/20 seems like a reasonable amount of time. It's the 4/20 to 4/30 for notifying schools and parents that I don't get. What takes so long?
The churning of bureaucracy takes a long time. Get used to it. Let it go and know that you will know when you know. After this you still have the Iowa testing in 5th or 6th grade, Math SOL in 5th or 6th grade, TJ test in 8th grade, ACT Explore in 9th grade (or whatever they are using now), PSATs in 10th and 11th grade, AP tests in 10th, 11th and 12th grade, SATs ACTs in 11th and 12th grade, college applications and acceptances, scholarship applications and the wait for those............. Will he make the HS sports team? A HS sports team? Will he make the Senior orchestra or band? Many many science fairs, art competitions, debates........... You need to learn to chill. It will pass and something else will take its place.