Anonymous
04/19/2026 10:51
Subject: Fairfax county AAP schools - Which is better??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
You seem like a miserable person. I feel bad for your family being stuck in the house with you all day and your judgmental self.
Fortunately, they're stuck at home with a bunch of workbooks.
Anyway, judgmental would be me rolling my eyes at those who, unlike most of us Asians, are not taking the time and spending their money to work with their children because they're dumb or lazy or whatever.
But I don't, because that isn't true. Most people simply don't realize what's happened to FCPS over the last twenty years.
Keep in mind many asian students are also taking advantage of classes outside of FCPS, where they are challenged with more advanced material.
Ours sure are.
A lot of non-Asian families supplement FCPS with additional tutoring and classes. The main difference is that Asian families often gravitate to programs that cater to Asians and where non-Asians are made to feel unwelcome.
Anonymous
04/19/2026 10:18
Subject: Fairfax county AAP schools - Which is better??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Navy's ratings have fallen from 9 to 8....
Poplar maintains 9.
We were in a similar situation and decided to go with Poplar when purchasing our home. We've had a great experience so far. No negatives.
- We wanted the AAP experience and felt that Poplar was the right fit for us (not too competitive but still a good mix).
- We factored in the # of schools that feed into Navy (Navy + One other) vs Poplar (Poplar + 3 or 4 others). We liked that Poplar would have a diverse class in that sense.
- Personally, we also liked Poplar Tree (school surroundings/location) more than Navy. We didn't tour the inside by got a good feel by visiting during morning school hours (this was important to me as I wanted to get in out out as quickly as possible).
- Rocky Run was getting renovated (which now seems complete) helped in our decision too.
- Chantilly HS: Heard good things from neighbors that had kids there. Oakton nothing against it, we didn't know anyone going there (those that were slotted ended up in TJ). Heard that commute to TJ is roughly the same but we will cross that bridge if/when we get there.
Hope this helps someone in the future! I'm sure there are several other factors that we didn't consider.
Why did you quote a 6 year old thread?
Anonymous
04/19/2026 10:09
Subject: Fairfax county AAP schools - Which is better??
I have 2 kids in AAP, one in Navy and one in Carson MS. There’re good teachers in Navy and current principal seems well liked. AAP usually get a lot of assignment while PBL get non, which I think should get balanced, since it’s good to have some to practice but not too much. Most AAP students use wheeled backpacks since they have to carry everything daily ( nearly 20lb), due to classroom switching. I also don’t like the heavy use of school laptop, although it could be something to do with Fcps. Carson AAP is very competitive and nearly everyone’s aiming for TJ. We heard Franklin MS is a good school too. We think Chantilly HS is closer compared to Oakton HS for us since we’re right next to Navy, and there’s HS course my older DC wants to take at Chantilly HS. I heard popular tree/Rocky Run is good, and seems like the ES/MS/HS are all very close. We knew someone lives in Rocky Run MS neighborhood and it’s a very nice area.
Anonymous
04/18/2026 20:14
Subject: Fairfax county AAP schools - Which is better??
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
You seem like a miserable person. I feel bad for your family being stuck in the house with you all day and your judgmental self.
Fortunately, they're stuck at home with a bunch of workbooks.
Anyway, judgmental would be me rolling my eyes at those who, unlike most of us Asians, are not taking the time and spending their money to work with their children because they're dumb or lazy or whatever.
But I don't, because that isn't true. Most people simply don't realize what's happened to FCPS over the last twenty years.
Keep in mind many asian students are also taking advantage of classes outside of FCPS, where they are challenged with more advanced material.
Ours sure are.
Correct asian culture is good for education, others , not so much that's why asian are in gifted and TJ.
Sure, and even with all the A+, RSM, AoPS, and Curie, it's still cheaper than private.
Anonymous
04/18/2026 15:42
Subject: Fairfax county AAP schools - Which is better??
Anonymous wrote:What if your kids are not accepted for AAP? Have you already had testing done?
Appeal. Then get a private gifted diagnosis to contest. Easy peasy.