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Anonymous wrote:We applied from the private school and didn’t get in. How do we even know if we are “in pool” or not? Is it worth appealing? Also, we are about to change school pyramids and will provide a new address if we appealed. Does it make a difference?

I don’t think private school students can be in pool, that is only for FCPS students who take the ngat at the same time as the rest of their second grade cohort.

Do you think it makes sense to appeal? Also does it make a difference that we applied from Woodson HS pyramid and now we bought a new house and moved to Lake Braddock HS pyramid (which is I think less competitive in terms of parent population)? So when we appeal we will have a new address. Or it doesn’t make a difference?

Moving will not make a difference. If you have a new wisc score, then that might make an appeal worthwhile.

Got it, thank you! We didn’t take WISC. Is there still time for it (given appeal deadline is May 01)? Sorry for dumb questions, I am new to it.

Yes, there’s still time for a WISC and it provides really helpful info on your child’s learning strengths/ weaknesses etc, but I’d call soon to book it. You’ll hear on this forum that the committee will only except GMU for WISC but we had a successful appeal with a private WISC … in addition to submitting new work samples, and other school testing done after the packet was compiled.

Thanks a lot! Can you recommend a provider you used please?

Anonymous wrote:DD didn't get in, looking to appeal.

Dumb question.... Who should I email to request AAP packet and HOPE scores, if the school doesn't seem to have an AART anymore?

Email your principal

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Anonymous wrote:We applied from the private school and didn’t get in. How do we even know if we are “in pool” or not? Is it worth appealing? Also, we are about to change school pyramids and will provide a new address if we appealed. Does it make a difference?

I don’t think private school students can be in pool, that is only for FCPS students who take the ngat at the same time as the rest of their second grade cohort.

Do you think it makes sense to appeal? Also does it make a difference that we applied from Woodson HS pyramid and now we bought a new house and moved to Lake Braddock HS pyramid (which is I think less competitive in terms of parent population)? So when we appeal we will have a new address. Or it doesn’t make a difference?

Moving will not make a difference. If you have a new wisc score, then that might make an appeal worthwhile.

Got it, thank you! We didn’t take WISC. Is there still time for it (given appeal deadline is May 01)? Sorry for dumb questions, I am new to it.

Yes, there’s still time for a WISC and it provides really helpful info on your child’s learning strengths/ weaknesses etc, but I’d call soon to book it. You’ll hear on this forum that the committee will only except GMU for WISC but we had a successful appeal with a private WISC … in addition to submitting new work samples, and other school testing done after the packet was compiled.

DD didn't get in, looking to appeal.

Dumb question.... Who should I email to request AAP packet and HOPE scores, if the school doesn't seem to have an AART anymore?

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Anonymous wrote:2nd grade eligible for AAP.
NNAT: 160
NGAT: 151
In pool.
MAP: 216
Hope: 4 always, 4 almost always, 3 often.

My kid had NNAT 160, NGAT 159, and MAP 221. In pool, eligible.

Hope was mostly 3s. I was pretty pissed, because the teacher marked “no” for the world languages, and the kid is fully bilingual/biliterate. There is no way the teacher did not know it, she just did not care.
So much depends on the teacher. My oldest got in with much lower scores, but the teacher adored them.

I think it just means Spanish. My kid is also bilingual and reads/writes in another language (not Spanish) but didn't get the world languages checked.

“World languages” is if your kid is in a foreign language program (immersion or some schools have a weekly specials class) - not if they can speak more than one language. You can debate if it should be this way, but that’s what it is. So just being bilingual would not be a reason to check that off.

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Anonymous wrote:We applied from the private school and didn’t get in. How do we even know if we are “in pool” or not? Is it worth appealing? Also, we are about to change school pyramids and will provide a new address if we appealed. Does it make a difference?

I don’t think private school students can be in pool, that is only for FCPS students who take the ngat at the same time as the rest of their second grade cohort.

Do you think it makes sense to appeal? Also does it make a difference that we applied from Woodson HS pyramid and now we bought a new house and moved to Lake Braddock HS pyramid (which is I think less competitive in terms of parent population)? So when we appeal we will have a new address. Or it doesn’t make a difference?

Moving will not make a difference. If you have a new wisc score, then that might make an appeal worthwhile.

Got it, thank you! We didn’t take WISC. Is there still time for it (given appeal deadline is May 01)? Sorry for dumb questions, I am new to it.

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Anonymous wrote:2nd grade eligible for AAP.
NNAT: 160
NGAT: 151
In pool.
MAP: 216
Hope: 4 always, 4 almost always, 3 often.

My kid had NNAT 160, NGAT 159, and MAP 221. In pool, eligible.

Hope was mostly 3s. I was pretty pissed, because the teacher marked “no” for the world languages, and the kid is fully bilingual/biliterate. There is no way the teacher did not know it, she just did not care.
So much depends on the teacher. My oldest got in with much lower scores, but the teacher adored them.

I think it just means Spanish. My kid is also bilingual and reads/writes in another language (not Spanish) but didn't get the world languages checked.

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Anonymous wrote:We applied from the private school and didn’t get in. How do we even know if we are “in pool” or not? Is it worth appealing? Also, we are about to change school pyramids and will provide a new address if we appealed. Does it make a difference?

I don’t think private school students can be in pool, that is only for FCPS students who take the ngat at the same time as the rest of their second grade cohort.

Do you think it makes sense to appeal? Also does it make a difference that we applied from Woodson HS pyramid and now we bought a new house and moved to Lake Braddock HS pyramid (which is I think less competitive in terms of parent population)? So when we appeal we will have a new address. Or it doesn’t make a difference?

Moving will not make a difference. If you have a new wisc score, then that might make an appeal worthwhile.

Anonymous wrote:Also looking at other test results. We had higher scores than most mentioned and still didn’t get in. Why is that I wonder? :/

Bc it’s a holistic process and scores are only part of the equation. Also, your child is being compared to others at their own local school. At our highly competitive center school, scores are much higher than other elementary schools in FCPS (in-pool 140+ compared to 130s elsewhere). Lots of prepping and extra enrichment happening. Many students scoring 98/99% at our elementary weren’t admitted to AAP.

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Anonymous wrote:We applied from the private school and didn’t get in. How do we even know if we are “in pool” or not? Is it worth appealing? Also, we are about to change school pyramids and will provide a new address if we appealed. Does it make a difference?

I don’t think private school students can be in pool, that is only for FCPS students who take the ngat at the same time as the rest of their second grade cohort.

Do you think it makes sense to appeal? Also does it make a difference that we applied from Woodson HS pyramid and now we bought a new house and moved to Lake Braddock HS pyramid (which is I think less competitive in terms of parent population)? So when we appeal we will have a new address. Or it doesn’t make a difference?

It makes no difference. If you appeal, it’s because you have new information about your child that was not part of the original packet. Your home address is not relevant new information. New test scores are.

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Anonymous wrote:We applied from the private school and didn’t get in. How do we even know if we are “in pool” or not? Is it worth appealing? Also, we are about to change school pyramids and will provide a new address if we appealed. Does it make a difference?

I don’t think private school students can be in pool, that is only for FCPS students who take the ngat at the same time as the rest of their second grade cohort.

There is no in-pool for private school students and all the “in-pool” means is that a packet is automatically created by the school. If there is a parent referral teacher referral, that’s another way a packet is created and sent on to central committee.

Anonymous wrote:2nd grade eligible for AAP.
NNAT: 160
NGAT: 151
In pool.
MAP: 216
Hope: 4 always, 4 almost always, 3 often.

My kid had NNAT 160, NGAT 159, and MAP 221. In pool, eligible.

Hope was mostly 3s. I was pretty pissed, because the teacher marked “no” for the world languages, and the kid is fully bilingual/biliterate. There is no way the teacher did not know it, she just did not care.
So much depends on the teacher. My oldest got in with much lower scores, but the teacher adored them.

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Anonymous wrote:We applied from the private school and didn’t get in. How do we even know if we are “in pool” or not? Is it worth appealing? Also, we are about to change school pyramids and will provide a new address if we appealed. Does it make a difference?

I don’t think private school students can be in pool, that is only for FCPS students who take the ngat at the same time as the rest of their second grade cohort.

Do you think it makes sense to appeal? Also does it make a difference that we applied from Woodson HS pyramid and now we bought a new house and moved to Lake Braddock HS pyramid (which is I think less competitive in terms of parent population)? So when we appeal we will have a new address. Or it doesn’t make a difference?

Anonymous wrote:We applied from the private school and didn’t get in. How do we even know if we are “in pool” or not? Is it worth appealing? Also, we are about to change school pyramids and will provide a new address if we appealed. Does it make a difference?

I don’t think private school students can be in pool, that is only for FCPS students who take the ngat at the same time as the rest of their second grade cohort.

Anonymous wrote:Is there a significant difference between a center AAP and a local full-time AAP? Debating on whether or not to keep my child at the same school with local full-time AAP or send my child to Springfield Estate Elementary as a center school.

This will entirely depend on the two schools. If the local school does a cluster a model or if most of the AAP kids go to the center, the center is likely stronger. If most AAP kids stay local, it might make less of a difference.

I'd strongly suggest going to both orientations and decide from there.