Can A Principal Recommended AAP Kid Be Dropped?

[Anonymous]

I think most hardworking gened kids would do well in AAP. For permanent full time placement they’re really looking for advancement in all areas including social skills. I think as the child matures the hope will improve. But like I heard here the hope isn’t intended to exclude kids so it might be something else. Your placement in the program the following year would depend on classroom availability and how many other kids might also be a good fit.

[Anonymous]

OP here! The strange thing is that my son didn’t even receive a letter for part-time placement.
In the worst-case scenario, will he still be placed in part-time AAP since he was already in it last year, even before the principal’s replacement ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here! The strange thing is that my son didn’t even receive a letter for part-time placement.
In the worst-case scenario, will he still be placed in part-time AAP since he was already in it last year, even before the principal’s replacement ?

Other people have commented already. This is school (and capacity) dependent. Your child is in no way guaranteed a slot. They can be removed for any number of reasons, or no reason at all. They are in the classroom now as an accommodation/benefit to the school.

1. More students are admitted to IV program (or move to the area), making the class size appropriate, or reducing the slots for non-level IV students.
2. Your child test scores (SOL, iReady) do not indicate they belong in the classroom.
3. other students test scores indicate they are a better fit for the classroom.
4. Principal decides to make the push-ins more equitable to give other students an opportunity to excel as well.
5. Parents of another student complain and push to be included and are more of a PITA than you are.

What you have going for you is that your child was already included and proven capable of performing at that level. This is a plus, but in no way entitles the child to stay in the classroom, pending all of the other mandatory considerations and subjective principal decisions. The only way to address your questions will be to query the principal or AART, and I can almost guarantee you you're going to get a non-committal answer because they don't have all the answers themselves yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here! The strange thing is that my son didn’t even receive a letter for part-time placement.
In the worst-case scenario, will he still be placed in part-time AAP since he was already in it last year, even before the principal’s replacement ?

Other people have commented already. This is school (and capacity) dependent. Your child is in no way guaranteed a slot. They can be removed for any number of reasons, or no reason at all. They are in the classroom now as an accommodation/benefit to the school.

1. More students are admitted to IV program (or move to the area), making the class size appropriate, or reducing the slots for non-level IV students.
2. Your child test scores (SOL, iReady) do not indicate they belong in the classroom.
3. other students test scores indicate they are a better fit for the classroom.
4. Principal decides to make the push-ins more equitable to give other students an opportunity to excel as well.
5. Parents of another student complain and push to be included and are more of a PITA than you are.

What you have going for you is that your child was already included and proven capable of performing at that level. This is a plus, but in no way entitles the child to stay in the classroom, pending all of the other mandatory considerations and subjective principal decisions. The only way to address your questions will be to query the principal or AART, and I can almost guarantee you you're going to get a non-committal answer because they don't have all the answers themselves yet.

The OP's follow-up question was about part time AAP.

Yes, OP, your student should still have part time status regardless of principal placement in the full time classroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here! The strange thing is that my son didn’t even receive a letter for part-time placement.
In the worst-case scenario, will he still be placed in part-time AAP since he was already in it last year, even before the principal’s replacement ?

Other people have commented already. This is school (and capacity) dependent. Your child is in no way guaranteed a slot. They can be removed for any number of reasons, or no reason at all. They are in the classroom now as an accommodation/benefit to the school.

1. More students are admitted to IV program (or move to the area), making the class size appropriate, or reducing the slots for non-level IV students.
2. Your child test scores (SOL, iReady) do not indicate they belong in the classroom.
3. other students test scores indicate they are a better fit for the classroom.
4. Principal decides to make the push-ins more equitable to give other students an opportunity to excel as well.
5. Parents of another student complain and push to be included and are more of a PITA than you are.

What you have going for you is that your child was already included and proven capable of performing at that level. This is a plus, but in no way entitles the child to stay in the classroom, pending all of the other mandatory considerations and subjective principal decisions. The only way to address your questions will be to query the principal or AART, and I can almost guarantee you you're going to get a non-committal answer because they don't have all the answers themselves yet.

The OP's follow-up question was about part time AAP.

Yes, OP, your student should still have part time status regardless of principal placement in the full time classroom.

Actually, OP specifically stated they did not receive any letter. Meaning they do not have a Level III designation. Additionally, "part time" in this context the OP I infer to mean push ins to the AAP classroom on a part time basis. Regardless, each school will handle Lv III services differently, so that can be satisfied in a number of ways that is handled differently on a school by school basis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here! The strange thing is that my son didn’t even receive a letter for part-time placement.
In the worst-case scenario, will he still be placed in part-time AAP since he was already in it last year, even before the principal’s replacement ?

Other people have commented already. This is school (and capacity) dependent. Your child is in no way guaranteed a slot. They can be removed for any number of reasons, or no reason at all. They are in the classroom now as an accommodation/benefit to the school.

1. More students are admitted to IV program (or move to the area), making the class size appropriate, or reducing the slots for non-level IV students.
2. Your child test scores (SOL, iReady) do not indicate they belong in the classroom.
3. other students test scores indicate they are a better fit for the classroom.
4. Principal decides to make the push-ins more equitable to give other students an opportunity to excel as well.
5. Parents of another student complain and push to be included and are more of a PITA than you are.

What you have going for you is that your child was already included and proven capable of performing at that level. This is a plus, but in no way entitles the child to stay in the classroom, pending all of the other mandatory considerations and subjective principal decisions. The only way to address your questions will be to query the principal or AART, and I can almost guarantee you you're going to get a non-committal answer because they don't have all the answers themselves yet.

The OP's follow-up question was about part time AAP.

Yes, OP, your student should still have part time status regardless of principal placement in the full time classroom.

Actually, OP specifically stated they did not receive any letter. Meaning they do not have a Level III designation. Additionally, "part time" in this context the OP I infer to mean push ins to the AAP classroom on a part time basis. Regardless, each school will handle Lv III services differently, so that can be satisfied in a number of ways that is handled differently on a school by school basis.

Last year, my child was placed in the Part-Time AAP program and we received an official letter confirming the Level III designation.

This year, however, we haven’t received any letter yet. I’m wondering:
Is a new letter required every year to maintain part-time AAP services, or is my child automatically continued in the program based on last year’s placement?

[Anonymous]

I think you need to:

- look closely at the HOPE questions & scores, and ask:

- what, exactly, earned him terrible scores? (you might not like the conclusions you reach, but please try to be honest with yourself).

[Anonymous]

What does it say on the report card ? Part time or full time ? If they were given part time status that remains