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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.

Good advice "make the plans you need to." Not sure how pp will do that if the school won't tell her the date for the orientation, even though the date is already set. "Learn to meditate mindfully," I'm sure that will be really helpful to her coworkers. I think the point is the school could make things a lot easier if they would just provide that information since they definitely already know it. If pp was only complaining about how long it's taking for the results to be sent because she just wants to know if her DC is in, I would get your point, but I think her frustration with not being told the orientation date, which has already been determined, is valid. I get why people in Arlington laugh at the dysfunction of the whole AAP process and think that APS is better run. FCPS is totally ridiculous in administering the circus they created. I have to say, after hearing all the hype about FCPS, I'm not impressed now that I actually have kids in the system. Maybe it was better back in the day, but I have to say it's not anything to be impressed with in it's current state.

How hard is it to block out the time now? If you unblock it because your child wasn't accepted, then you unblock it- or take the afternoon off and and do something fun.

It's hard to block out the time now when I don't know what period of time to block. If the center school would stop acting like it's top secret information, I could easily block the time and unblock it if DC isn't accepted. But this minor irritation hardly warrants deep breathing, a massage or mindful meditation. Maybe just a glass of wine with friends.

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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.

Good advice "make the plans you need to." Not sure how pp will do that if the school won't tell her the date for the orientation, even though the date is already set. "Learn to meditate mindfully," I'm sure that will be really helpful to her coworkers. I think the point is the school could make things a lot easier if they would just provide that information since they definitely already know it. If pp was only complaining about how long it's taking for the results to be sent because she just wants to know if her DC is in, I would get your point, but I think her frustration with not being told the orientation date, which has already been determined, is valid. I get why people in Arlington laugh at the dysfunction of the whole AAP process and think that APS is better run. FCPS is totally ridiculous in administering the circus they created. I have to say, after hearing all the hype about FCPS, I'm not impressed now that I actually have kids in the system. Maybe it was better back in the day, but I have to say it's not anything to be impressed with in it's current state.

How hard is it to block out the time now? If you unblock it because your child wasn't accepted, then you unblock it- or take the afternoon off and and do something fun.

Anonymous wrote:um, er....I am getting a little nervous that if my kid gets in this is going to be the tone of dialogue with the parents...this is truly, exactly what I didn't want....and kind of feared....

Anonymous wrote:OP: as you tracking down the AAP orientation day and clear your calendar (BTW, it will be on a weekday afternoon, right after school). Have you made plans for IF your DC doesn't get in? Or are you so certain your kid is in and will not accept any result other than that?

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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.

Good advice "make the plans you need to." Not sure how pp will do that if the school won't tell her the date for the orientation, even though the date is already set. "Learn to meditate mindfully," I'm sure that will be really helpful to her coworkers. I think the point is the school could make things a lot easier if they would just provide that information since they definitely already know it. If pp was only complaining about how long it's taking for the results to be sent because she just wants to know if her DC is in, I would get your point, but I think her frustration with not being told the orientation date, which has already been determined, is valid. I get why people in Arlington laugh at the dysfunction of the whole AAP process and think that APS is better run. FCPS is totally ridiculous in administering the circus they created. I have to say, after hearing all the hype about FCPS, I'm not impressed now that I actually have kids in the system. Maybe it was better back in the day, but I have to say it's not anything to be impressed with in it's current state.

How hard is it to block out the time now? If you unblock it because your child wasn't accepted, then you unblock it- or take the afternoon off and and do something fun.

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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.

Good advice "make the plans you need to." Not sure how pp will do that if the school won't tell her the date for the orientation, even though the date is already set. "Learn to meditate mindfully," I'm sure that will be really helpful to her coworkers. I think the point is the school could make things a lot easier if they would just provide that information since they definitely already know it. If pp was only complaining about how long it's taking for the results to be sent because she just wants to know if her DC is in, I would get your point, but I think her frustration with not being told the orientation date, which has already been determined, is valid. I get why people in Arlington laugh at the dysfunction of the whole AAP process and think that APS is better run. FCPS is totally ridiculous in administering the circus they created. I have to say, after hearing all the hype about FCPS, I'm not impressed now that I actually have kids in the system. Maybe it was better back in the day, but I have to say it's not anything to be impressed with in it's current state.

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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.

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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.

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.]

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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!