Did your child want to leave AAP after being admitted? If so, did you let them?

[Anonymous]

Just wondering how often, if ever, this happens and why.

[Anonymous]

Has your gone half-way through the year in AAP?

[Anonymous]

At our center school, the 4th grade AAP class is generally larger than the 3rd grade class, as some students choose to return to their base school and a much larger number of students choose to switch from their base school to the center school.

[Anonymous]

We're only in the first year, but so far the move to the center has been amazing for our kid - they're super happy. Like the PP, our center tends to grow in 4th grade, not shrink.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just wondering how often, if ever, this happens and why.

I have never heard of a kid dropping out of AAP.
It's not that hard.

Do you know why they want to leave AAP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just wondering how often, if ever, this happens and why.

I have never heard of a kid dropping out of AAP.
It's not that hard.

Do you know why they want to leave AAP?

OP here. I'm just asking hypothetically. Posters have suggested in the past that kids can feel too much pressure or dislike the competitiveness, or may not be able to keep up. So I'm wondering if anyone actually leaves.

[Anonymous]

Yes, kids leave AAP, typically because the math is too hard. The moms typically say "Oh, he was principal placed and we decided the regular classroom was the better place for him after all"

[Anonymous]

It is truly a shame that parents won't put their kids in the right classroom to fit their needs just because they view AAP as some sort of status symbol. If a kid isn't fitting in, is struggling in the AAP class, then nobody should be ashamed of it. Really sad that it has come to this.

[Anonymous]

Bad decision. Your kid is going to lose out on a quality peer group forever. Even if they never see the people again, it shapes their development early on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is truly a shame that parents won't put their kids in the right classroom to fit their needs just because they view AAP as some sort of status symbol. If a kid isn't fitting in, is struggling in the AAP class, then nobody should be ashamed of it. Really sad that it has come to this.

It's not a shame and is the right thing to do.

[Anonymous]

We moved DS to another school because his AAP cohort was horrible.

[Anonymous]

I have seen kids leave for private, but this was also during Covid. The cohort of principal-placed kids changed somewhat in 3rd and 4th but was fairly stable by 5th and 6th. This is at a llv where about half the class was principal-placed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We moved DS to another school because his AAP cohort was horrible.

Can you elaborate? Also, did you take them out of AAP or just move to a new school zone/stay in AAP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bad decision. Your kid is going to lose out on a quality peer group forever. Even if they never see the people again, it shapes their development early on.

Did your kid want to leave and you kept them in for these reasons?

When people say 'quality' I wonder what they mean. If you had the choice, would you go with a substantially higher SES school over AAP cohort in lower SES school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is truly a shame that parents won't put their kids in the right classroom to fit their needs just because they view AAP as some sort of status symbol. If a kid isn't fitting in, is struggling in the AAP class, then nobody should be ashamed of it. Really sad that it has come to this.

As I said, I am asking a hypothetical question. This isn't actually happening. But I'm curious about whether people really do this.