What do center schools do with their level 4 kids that defer?
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Anonymous
| ....since there is no local level 4 option, is deferring ultimately a bad idea if base school is a center? |
Anonymous
| They stay in the base school classes instead of AAP. |
Anonymous
| We deferred at a school with no LLIV, our kid was in a language immersin program. He was in the LIII pull out and took Advanced Math. He joined AAP in MS. |
Anonymous
| I'm not sure why someone would NOT do AAP at an AAP center. Can you explain why you are considering this? |
Anonymous
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Maybe I misunderstood your question but it sounds like your child is at an AAP center and was accepted into the AAP program, but you don't want them to do it? You just want them to stay in the general ed classes at your AAP center school?
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Anonymous
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I misread the question as well. Our friends who were at an AAP Center school and deferred. Their kid was sent to the AAP class for most of the subjects and they agreed to move them into the class after the Winter break. I think the parents thought it was going to be a lot more stressful than it was.
I can see not wanting your kid in the class if the Center only has one class, which happens when base schools have their own LLIV class and parents keep kids at the base. There are more classes and better mixing of students in the regular class then in AAP. |
Anonymous
Not OP but our base is the center school. The academics have been great, but it's been very hard socially. The vibe is just different. |
Anonymous
I'd think the social structure would be even worse for the "smart" kid in GE classroom with their peers in AAP with new friends from other schools. I do hate how FFX county creates these structures of segregation so early... 2nd/3rd graders are essentially being told they're dumb. |
Anonymous
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Op here. Base school is center. I think dc should do full time, they are already getting the advanced math. Dc wants to think about it, isn't sure. There is only one full time aap classroom and it's huge. Dc has a ton of friends in the full time class. Dc is going into fourth grade, so has already had to deal with some of the bullying (as in being told they're not as smart as kids in full time classroom) and has been really sensitive about it/ doesn't realize how well they are doing.
I guess I'm trying to understand if it will be like 6:17 said, and the principal might place dc anyway, or if dc might end up feeling penalized with their class assignment for not choosing it.... |
Anonymous
Yes, this happened--op |
Anonymous
It really depends on the kid. If the kid has asynchronous development, then it'll be a great fit. I don't mean that as a dig at anyone, it's well documented that some gifted kids have challenges connecting with same aged peers. So that kind of kid will find a lot of kids just like them. For other kids who are smart academically but are more neurotypical socially, it can then be difficult. Hope that makes sense. |