Wow. I guess you know everything right? FYI, 18 out of 22 kids in the 2nd grade pool at our base school were found eligible this year so I have to give the school alot of credit, not my gene pool. Now whether my daughter is a "little genius" or not, I can't say and I really don't care for labels like that. I do know that for her first three years at this school, her teachers were really great and saw something in her that we didn't necessary see until they pointed it out to us. But then again, we have five kids - 3 center eligible (2 that we sent), 1 with autism and 1 that I can barely get to open a book.

So I guess I might know a little bit about how this process works and I have seen my share of pushy, judgemental and ignorant parents like you. As for being socially savvy, I would only worry about yourself as I can't imagine you're doing much besides sitting at your computer, eating candy bars and complaining about how unfair life is.

Oh, and by the way, I was the one that responded to 13:24.

Parents that have real issues and real concerns are the only ones that deserve a sincere response. Not trolls like you. Get a life!

Anonymous wrote:News flash . . .people lie about their kids' scores on this forum. Why? I suspect mental illness.

I'm really worried about his/her kid.

13:59 I would say fairly good chance. Not bad scores overall and FSIQ over 140 is very good.

News flash . . .people lie about their kids' scores on this forum. Why? I suspect mental illness.

14:07 those are exceptionally high scores of course, but are you really expecting that there will be a classroom right there at your center of kids with similarly high scores like that? Your issue seems to be that FCPS "lets in" kids with lower scores that your DC's, but this is public school. They are not going to create a classroom of two or three students just to serve the needs of a few kids who have that level of scores. Believe it or not, other kids who have scores lower than those of your little genius may need and in fact thrive once receiving the services of the AAP.

If you are so unhappy with what you consider the dilution of the AAP peer group with kids who have scores lower than your DC's, have you looked at Nysmith or other alternatives?

Also, I wonder what little genius' social skills are like. If anything like his/her parent, then perhaps some mixing with slightly less academic but more socially savvy kids may benefit little genius.

Anonymous wrote:to 13:24, I'm sorry to hear that. Your teacher sounds really lame. Hopefully, your 3rd grade teacher, whether its in AAP or GE is much more encouraging of your daughter's inquisitiveness.

If you see the same pattern, I would try to meet one on one with the teacher and ask her to allow your daughter to, at a minimum, present her special projects to the teacher and occasionally to the class when its relevant to what they are learning.

We had good luck with this strategy when we chose not to send our first eligible daughter to a center and her base school only had LL3 services.

She still felt like she was getting encouragement and recognition, which kept her happily motivated to do more.

Thank you so much for the suggestion!! I will try that next year..

VCI is 120, but still. Must have been an off the charts WMI? The Big Q is whether they will take a kid with a GBRS of only 8 without superior verbal scores. Just don't know.

How can Full Scale be 140 if VCI is 110?

Cogat, 135v, 146q, 150nv, NNAT 138, GBRS 15

13:59, How many times and in how many forums are you going to post your scores and ask about your childs chances? I know others have answered you. What gives?

to 13:24, I'm sorry to hear that. Your teacher sounds really lame. Hopefully, your 3rd grade teacher, whether its in AAP or GE is much more encouraging of your daughter's inquisitiveness.

If you see the same pattern, I would try to meet one on one with the teacher and ask her to allow your daughter to, at a minimum, present her special projects to the teacher and occasionally to the class when its relevant to what they are learning.

We had good luck with this strategy when we chose not to send our first eligible daughter to a center and her base school only had LL3 services.

She still felt like she was getting encouragement and recognition, which kept her happily motivated to do more.

Verbal Comprehension Score 120
Perceptual Reasoning Score 141

Full Scale Score 140
General Ability Index 141

GBRS 8

NNAT 140
Cogat 110

Does my child has a chance on appeal based above score?

Anonymous wrote:At least other teachers noticed she needed a different, more challenging environment. I didn't have to shove my skewed opinion down their throats like you apparently have to or come to a board like this a complain about how unfair the process is to make myself feel better. Pathetic

Do you mind sharing the test scores?

13:32 wonder if/how you kid is doing well inspite of you.

Beam me up, Scotty. This planet is inhabited by insane freaks.