We turned down AAP in elementary for immersion. Activated in middle school and DS has no trouble. Missing the elementary AAP has not limited him at all. So yes, it is not that big of a deal. Each family should do whatever works best for them.

Anonymous wrote:So, if I understand correctly, the AAP is only an elementary school program? There is no equivalent in middle school and high school? So once elementary school is over, a child does not go into the AAP of their middle school, they just attend base classes like every other student. So what is the point of the AAP in elementary school? Am I missing something? Thank you for your response!

no, there is middle school AAP.

So, if I understand correctly, the AAP is only an elementary school program? There is no equivalent in middle school and high school? So once elementary school is over, a child does not go into the AAP of their middle school, they just attend base classes like every other student. So what is the point of the AAP in elementary school? Am I missing something? Thank you for your response!

Anonymous wrote:Interesting how many posters complain about how crazy AAP parents are and how they're so glad not to deal with them at their school. Yet they post to this board all.day.long and hijack threads with their snide remarks.

Just strikes me as strange.

That just might be because they are sick.to.death of the condescending remarks made by AAP parents, both at school and here on DCUM.

Anonymous wrote:I think it's important to keep in mind that not all "gen ed" programs and "base schools" are created equal. And if you have a child at a lesser school, yes the AAP is a big deal because it just might provide more academic challenge for your child than they've experienced K-2.

And yes, language immersion programs are wonderful, but if you don't have one in a school near you, it is not an option. I pored over the list of language immersion schools earlier this year and there wasn't one I could realistically get one of my children to and still get my other children where they needed to be. Believe, I tried my best to figure that out. I'd personally love for my children to have a chance at a Spanish immersion program but those school are way too far away when you factor in different elementary school start times and dismissals.

And I think it's ridiculous to say it's all the same by the time they get to high school. AAP won't matter. You've got to be kidding. 6 years of ho-hum education versus 6 years of an advanced program? Again, that could depend on your base school and your aap center. Different for everybody depending on where they live in Fairfax.

Lastly, saying the curriculum is the same is a joke. Have you ever taught? Do you realize the VA SOL's are just standards, they are objectives the teachers are meant to teach? They are not a fully realized curriculum with textbooks or workbooks or materials the same in every school. The teachers have to go out and get the materials to support their teaching. So depending on the support they get at their school with curriculum planning and lesson development and materials supplied, yes one child's 2nd grade year can look very different from a child's in another classroom in the same school or in a different school.

You clearly don't have children past the elementary or middle school age. Just wait until they enter high school and you get a sense of the bigger picture. I promise you, kids who were previously in AAP won't know what hit them when they are in class with lots of other high-achieving kids, regardless of their prior AAP or Gen Ed status. You are seriously kidding yourself if you think they're going to have some kind of leg up. But that's just something you'll have to experience yourself, I suppose.

Anonymous wrote:Interesting how many posters complain about how crazy AAP parents are and how they're so glad not to deal with them at their school. Yet they post to this board all.day.long and hijack threads with their snide remarks.

Just strikes me as strange.

Couldn't agree more.

I think it's important to keep in mind that not all "gen ed" programs and "base schools" are created equal. And if you have a child at a lesser school, yes the AAP is a big deal because it just might provide more academic challenge for your child than they've experienced K-2.

And yes, language immersion programs are wonderful, but if you don't have one in a school near you, it is not an option. I pored over the list of language immersion schools earlier this year and there wasn't one I could realistically get one of my children to and still get my other children where they needed to be. Believe, I tried my best to figure that out. I'd personally love for my children to have a chance at a Spanish immersion program but those school are way too far away when you factor in different elementary school start times and dismissals.

And I think it's ridiculous to say it's all the same by the time they get to high school. AAP won't matter. You've got to be kidding. 6 years of ho-hum education versus 6 years of an advanced program? Again, that could depend on your base school and your aap center. Different for everybody depending on where they live in Fairfax.

Lastly, saying the curriculum is the same is a joke. Have you ever taught? Do you realize the VA SOL's are just standards, they are objectives the teachers are meant to teach? They are not a fully realized curriculum with textbooks or workbooks or materials the same in every school. The teachers have to go out and get the materials to support their teaching. So depending on the support they get at their school with curriculum planning and lesson development and materials supplied, yes one child's 2nd grade year can look very different from a child's in another classroom in the same school or in a different school.

Anonymous wrote:Interesting how many posters complain about how crazy AAP parents are and how they're so glad not to deal with them at their school. Yet they post to this board all.day.long and hijack threads with their snide remarks.

Just strikes me as strange.

I agree.

What is even funnier is the private school mom on the other thread who has never sent a kid to a single Fairfax County school, but continues to pipe in criticizing the system about things which are completely wrong and only shows that she has zero idea about the AAP selection process, other than the stories she has read on dcum.

If she has never had a kid in the schools and never intends to send her kids to public school, what in the world is she doing wasting time on the FCPS AAP forum and making statements which show she has no idea what she is talking about? She is only derailing the discussion with a bunch of uniformed untruths.

Interesting how many posters complain about how crazy AAP parents are and how they're so glad not to deal with them at their school. Yet they post to this board all.day.long and hijack threads with their snide remarks.

Just strikes me as strange.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would never ask another patents if they received their child's "results." It makes it seem like you want to know the scores. I didn't realize that my moving my child to the center, I would be getting away from the moms like you (all of the moms like you stayed for lliv), but it has been a godsend.

Ha ha ha, at our school the hyper intensive parent go the Center school.

Same with our center. The AAP parents are craaaazy.

Anonymous wrote:I would never ask another patents if they received their child's "results." It makes it seem like you want to know the scores. I didn't realize that my moving my child to the center, I would be getting away from the moms like you (all of the moms like you stayed for lliv), but it has been a godsend.

Ha ha ha, at our school the hyper intensive parent go the Center school.