Anonymous wrote:I know several parents who had to refer their children to get them into the AAP pool, and a few more who had to appeal. NOT ONE CHILD is doing poorly in the program. In fact the one who had to be referred made the all A honor roll yet again. I also know parents whose child was denied admittance to the program and are not appealing. They know their child best (better than the troll I would think) and knew that they would be better served by the GE classes. I also know of a few parents whose kids WERE accepted into AAP and chose not to pursue it for their child...again, they know their children better than any troll does.

IGNORE the trolls. I know it's hard to talk over them, but replying to anything they say just keeps them going. So don't reply to anything they say. Good Luck to all!

I wish people would stop saying this! There is no one who does poorly in the program. It has somewhat accelerated (differentiated) math; a few more in-depth projects, and maybe more group dicussions, but it is not a quantum leap beyond Gen, Ed. Once snowflake is in, he/she is in there for the duration regardless if where they stand relative to their peers. They don't throw anyone out.

Anonymous wrote:PP, or should I say PT (for previous troll): There are LD's and then there are <B>LS's</b>. Some children are gifted and have LD's but can perform at a gifted level with there LD and other accommodations. Others can not. I know a person with an IQ of 165, but had aspergers. He needed accommodations, but would have failed in a General Ed class. FYI, he just graduated from Cambridge University.

there are definitely people who can master astrophysics but cannot figure out how to take th bus downtown to get a haircut.

The AAP program is meant for children whose needs cannot be met in the regular classroom, thus making it the perfect environment for bright students with learning disabilities. My child's classroom contained many 2e students, particularly the boys.
In fact, I was told by the teacher that the program was set up for exactly that student profile, since they were the ones to have the most trouble in the regular classroom. The well behaved, organized bright student doesn't really need a specialized classroom to be successful, but the 2e child truly needs the teacher who has the training to work with gifted students. This child will get lost in a regular classroom, but will learn and grow in a place that "gets" that extremely bright students may need to learn in different ways.

I know several parents who had to refer their children to get them into the AAP pool, and a few more who had to appeal. NOT ONE CHILD is doing poorly in the program. In fact the one who had to be referred made the all A honor roll yet again. I also know parents whose child was denied admittance to the program and are not appealing. They know their child best (better than the troll I would think) and knew that they would be better served by the GE classes. I also know of a few parents whose kids WERE accepted into AAP and chose not to pursue it for their child...again, they know their children better than any troll does.

IGNORE the trolls. I know it's hard to talk over them, but replying to anything they say just keeps them going. So don't reply to anything they say. Good Luck to all!

This is a time when we all need postitive thoughts, so I am sending some out to all of you who are appealing and wishing you good luck this week.

Anonymous wrote:Wow. So if anybody posts something you disagree with, you attack the poster with names rather than debating the post? Pretty mature.

What are you going to do when your child gets rejected again? Jump up and down on the couch?

I strongly disagree.

19:09 -- that link was for the troll, not directed toward you. Best of luck with the appeal!

Anonymous wrote:It's good news, bad news. Good news is that at least 50% of the people trying to beat the system will finally have the door slammed in their face, and they will be barred for wasting more precious county time and resources.

Bad news is that they will be bitching here for weeks (e.g. "my son has a 165 IQ, I tell ya").

And the other 50% will be admitted. Nice. By the way, my DC's GBRS had FACTUAL mistakes that most certainly could have tipped the scales against admission. Somebody was not careful in checking the docs., and they when in. They were corrected by the school for the appeal after we pointed them out. Mistakes happen. That is why they have an appeal process. Guess this idiot would take the position that is just too bad for the kid.

Wow. So if anybody posts something you disagree with, you attack the poster with names rather than debating the post? Pretty mature.

What are you going to do when your child gets rejected again? Jump up and down on the couch?

More info on that here:

http://tiny.cc/hy7tw

It's good news, bad news. Good news is that at least 50% of the people trying to beat the system will finally have the door slammed in their face, and they will be barred for wasting more precious county time and resources.

Bad news is that they will be bitching here for weeks (e.g. "my son has a 165 IQ, I tell ya").

If she/he gets in, see how she/he does in AAP 3rd grade.
If does well, that's good. If not, consider pulling her/him out.
If doesn't get in, that's OK, too.

Anonymous wrote:Some on this thread are misinformed at best about LD's and intelligence. Would you tell the parent of a high-IQ deaf child that AAP is inappropriate because of that learning challenge?

Maybe there's other better service for deaf GT kid from Fairfax County?

PP: great example. And the accommodation would be, for example no oral tests, and/or sign language.