Anyone here have kids in Franklin MS AAP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I spoke with the guidance counselor at Franklin. She said there are about 22 kids that qualify as LIV in this year's 8th grade & she didn't know (????!!) the number of 7th graders (she's the guidance counselor for the AAP team-- how does she not have at least a general idea??). All 22 or so AAP kids are in stand alone classes together (with no non- AAP kids) for their core 3 subjects, then tracked with the rest of the class for their appropriate honors math, PE & specials. I was looking at options for 6th grade DC (base Franklin, Center Carson) and this concerned me, because it seems like the AAP kids are artificially segregated into the "special" class, and would have a hard time integrating with the rest of the school. The counselor said this is not a problem.

I also have a 7th grader in LLIV at Franklin, and my son has friends outside of the program that rolled up from his ES, plus he has made new friends in PE, math, and his elective. While the AAP IV kids have three classes together, their math class is a mix, and then they go to different PE and electives, so they are with other kids. We have found Franklin to be welcoming, the teachers are fantastic thus far, and seem to be of a very high calibre as far as credentials go. The kids there really seem to like the staff as well, and their workload seems appropriate for a MS AAP Program, without being too overwhelming so that it precludes participation in after school activities.