Clermont LLIV vs Bush Hill

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Anonymous wrote:If you’re happy at Clermont, why would you change schools? Local program is fine.

So her child can be in a full class with only center eligible kids. It will be a stronger curriculum overall.

Ummm, no. The curriculum will be exactly the same.

No it actually won’t. The teacher won’t be able to do some of the recommended units and so forth bc the class will be more heterogenous and have a wider range of abilities.

This is a lie. I have 3 kids who all did Clermont Level IV. It's a strong program. Even when people raved about SEES we opted for Clermont and both my older kids found Twain AAP to be easy. That is the test, do kids who went to the center vs LLIV fair better in MS. Ask the teachers, we did. The answer is "no." And we have seen it for ourselves. Also, both my kids took Algebra I in 7th along with other Clermont kids. Just like some SEES kids did not. Take that for what it's worth. I know have a 3rd grader in Clermont IV AAP, it's fine. We opted for it over BH. BH is new, Clermont LLIV is tried and true. We decided not to mess with a good thing.

Ok, take a chill pill. It’s not a lie. I didn’t say anything about kids faring better later in life. I simply said some of the units won’t be able to be done in a local level 4. And that is absolute truth. The class will have a wider range of abilities, so some kids wouldn’t be able to do some of the material.

And I'm telling you that's not true. The teacher differentiates. She does the units with the level IV kids and something else with the other kids.

Sure. You go ahead and believe the teacher is going to differentiate like that in an already advanced class. And have two different activities going on. No, I think she’s going to skip some stuff to make her life easier.

My child is in the class and I had two older children do LLIV at this school, but yes, you know better.

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Anonymous wrote:There are only 8 current LLIV 3rd graders at Clermont. You're thinking of the now 5th grade Level IV kids at Clermont. There are 30+ of them who could have gone to SEES but stayed.

Just curious, are the 8 in the same class? Or spread over several classes?

The same class.

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Anonymous wrote:There are only 8 current LLIV 3rd graders at Clermont. You're thinking of the now 5th grade Level IV kids at Clermont. There are 30+ of them who could have gone to SEES but stayed.

Just curious, are the 8 in the same class? Or spread over several classes?

The same class.

Also, other kids come into the class just for advanced math.

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Has Clermont had orientation yet? Oftentimes there are parents there of kids who stayed. Talk to them. If not, ask Ms. Acosta if she would be willing to put you in touch with parents of kids who have a child stay for LLIV who is there now or who has children at Twain now. that you can talk to. I'd be more than willing to share with parents who aren't sure and wouldn't care what you ultimately chose.

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Anonymous wrote:If you’re happy at Clermont, why would you change schools? Local program is fine.

So her child can be in a full class with only center eligible kids. It will be a stronger curriculum overall.

Ummm, no. The curriculum will be exactly the same.

No it actually won’t. The teacher won’t be able to do some of the recommended units and so forth bc the class will be more heterogenous and have a wider range of abilities.

This is a lie. I have 3 kids who all did Clermont Level IV. It's a strong program. Even when people raved about SEES we opted for Clermont and both my older kids found Twain AAP to be easy. That is the test, do kids who went to the center vs LLIV fair better in MS. Ask the teachers, we did. The answer is "no." And we have seen it for ourselves. Also, both my kids took Algebra I in 7th along with other Clermont kids. Just like some SEES kids did not. Take that for what it's worth. I know have a 3rd grader in Clermont IV AAP, it's fine. We opted for it over BH. BH is new, Clermont LLIV is tried and true. We decided not to mess with a good thing.

Ok, take a chill pill. It’s not a lie. I didn’t say anything about kids faring better later in life. I simply said some of the units won’t be able to be done in a local level 4. And that is absolute truth. The class will have a wider range of abilities, so some kids wouldn’t be able to do some of the material.

And I'm telling you that's not true. The teacher differentiates. She does the units with the level IV kids and something else with the other kids.

Sure. You go ahead and believe the teacher is going to differentiate like that in an already advanced class. And have two different activities going on. No, I think she’s going to skip some stuff to make her life easier.

My child is in the class and I had two older children do LLIV at this school, but yes, you know better.

You have no clue what goes on on a daily basis in terms of instruction. You don’t know what units she chooses not to do.

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Anonymous wrote:If you’re happy at Clermont, why would you change schools? Local program is fine.

So her child can be in a full class with only center eligible kids. It will be a stronger curriculum overall.

Ummm, no. The curriculum will be exactly the same.

No it actually won’t. The teacher won’t be able to do some of the recommended units and so forth bc the class will be more heterogenous and have a wider range of abilities.

This is a lie. I have 3 kids who all did Clermont Level IV. It's a strong program. Even when people raved about SEES we opted for Clermont and both my older kids found Twain AAP to be easy. That is the test, do kids who went to the center vs LLIV fair better in MS. Ask the teachers, we did. The answer is "no." And we have seen it for ourselves. Also, both my kids took Algebra I in 7th along with other Clermont kids. Just like some SEES kids did not. Take that for what it's worth. I know have a 3rd grader in Clermont IV AAP, it's fine. We opted for it over BH. BH is new, Clermont LLIV is tried and true. We decided not to mess with a good thing.

Ok, take a chill pill. It’s not a lie. I didn’t say anything about kids faring better later in life. I simply said some of the units won’t be able to be done in a local level 4. And that is absolute truth. The class will have a wider range of abilities, so some kids wouldn’t be able to do some of the material.

And I'm telling you that's not true. The teacher differentiates. She does the units with the level IV kids and something else with the other kids.

Sure. You go ahead and believe the teacher is going to differentiate like that in an already advanced class. And have two different activities going on. No, I think she’s going to skip some stuff to make her life easier.

My child is in the class and I had two older children do LLIV at this school, but yes, you know better.

You have no clue what goes on on a daily basis in terms of instruction. You don’t know what units she chooses not to do.

I don't know what kind of school your kid goes to but my child's work comes home every Thursday. Nice try lady!

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Anonymous wrote:If you’re happy at Clermont, why would you change schools? Local program is fine.

So her child can be in a full class with only center eligible kids. It will be a stronger curriculum overall.

Ummm, no. The curriculum will be exactly the same.

No it actually won’t. The teacher won’t be able to do some of the recommended units and so forth bc the class will be more heterogenous and have a wider range of abilities.

This is a lie. I have 3 kids who all did Clermont Level IV. It's a strong program. Even when people raved about SEES we opted for Clermont and both my older kids found Twain AAP to be easy. That is the test, do kids who went to the center vs LLIV fair better in MS. Ask the teachers, we did. The answer is "no." And we have seen it for ourselves. Also, both my kids took Algebra I in 7th along with other Clermont kids. Just like some SEES kids did not. Take that for what it's worth. I know have a 3rd grader in Clermont IV AAP, it's fine. We opted for it over BH. BH is new, Clermont LLIV is tried and true. We decided not to mess with a good thing.

Ok, take a chill pill. It’s not a lie. I didn’t say anything about kids faring better later in life. I simply said some of the units won’t be able to be done in a local level 4. And that is absolute truth. The class will have a wider range of abilities, so some kids wouldn’t be able to do some of the material.

And I'm telling you that's not true. The teacher differentiates. She does the units with the level IV kids and something else with the other kids.

Sure. You go ahead and believe the teacher is going to differentiate like that in an already advanced class. And have two different activities going on. No, I think she’s going to skip some stuff to make her life easier.

My child is in the class and I had two older children do LLIV at this school, but yes, you know better.

You have no clue what goes on on a daily basis in terms of instruction. You don’t know what units she chooses not to do.

I don't know what kind of school your kid goes to but my child's work comes home every Thursday. Nice try lady!

Seeing your child’s work come home every week doesn’t tell you what units or what parts of a unit the teacher decides not to do because of the wider ranging abilities of kids in a local level 4 class. I stand by what I said, which is teachers may not be able to use all of the techniques and curriculum offered in a local level 4 class.

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Anonymous wrote:If you’re happy at Clermont, why would you change schools? Local program is fine.

So her child can be in a full class with only center eligible kids. It will be a stronger curriculum overall.

Ummm, no. The curriculum will be exactly the same.

No it actually won’t. The teacher won’t be able to do some of the recommended units and so forth bc the class will be more heterogenous and have a wider range of abilities.

This is a lie. I have 3 kids who all did Clermont Level IV. It's a strong program. Even when people raved about SEES we opted for Clermont and both my older kids found Twain AAP to be easy. That is the test, do kids who went to the center vs LLIV fair better in MS. Ask the teachers, we did. The answer is "no." And we have seen it for ourselves. Also, both my kids took Algebra I in 7th along with other Clermont kids. Just like some SEES kids did not. Take that for what it's worth. I know have a 3rd grader in Clermont IV AAP, it's fine. We opted for it over BH. BH is new, Clermont LLIV is tried and true. We decided not to mess with a good thing.

Ok, take a chill pill. It’s not a lie. I didn’t say anything about kids faring better later in life. I simply said some of the units won’t be able to be done in a local level 4. And that is absolute truth. The class will have a wider range of abilities, so some kids wouldn’t be able to do some of the material.

And I'm telling you that's not true. The teacher differentiates. She does the units with the level IV kids and something else with the other kids.

Sure. You go ahead and believe the teacher is going to differentiate like that in an already advanced class. And have two different activities going on. No, I think she’s going to skip some stuff to make her life easier.

My child is in the class and I had two older children do LLIV at this school, but yes, you know better.

You have no clue what goes on on a daily basis in terms of instruction. You don’t know what units she chooses not to do.

I don't know what kind of school your kid goes to but my child's work comes home every Thursday. Nice try lady!

Seeing your child’s work come home every week doesn’t tell you what units or what parts of a unit the teacher decides not to do because of the wider ranging abilities of kids in a local level 4 class. I stand by what I said, which is teachers may not be able to use all of the techniques and curriculum offered in a local level 4 class.

Agree.

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Anonymous wrote:If you’re happy at Clermont, why would you change schools? Local program is fine.

So her child can be in a full class with only center eligible kids. It will be a stronger curriculum overall.

Ummm, no. The curriculum will be exactly the same.

No it actually won’t. The teacher won’t be able to do some of the recommended units and so forth bc the class will be more heterogenous and have a wider range of abilities.

This is a lie. I have 3 kids who all did Clermont Level IV. It's a strong program. Even when people raved about SEES we opted for Clermont and both my older kids found Twain AAP to be easy. That is the test, do kids who went to the center vs LLIV fair better in MS. Ask the teachers, we did. The answer is "no." And we have seen it for ourselves. Also, both my kids took Algebra I in 7th along with other Clermont kids. Just like some SEES kids did not. Take that for what it's worth. I know have a 3rd grader in Clermont IV AAP, it's fine. We opted for it over BH. BH is new, Clermont LLIV is tried and true. We decided not to mess with a good thing.

Ok, take a chill pill. It’s not a lie. I didn’t say anything about kids faring better later in life. I simply said some of the units won’t be able to be done in a local level 4. And that is absolute truth. The class will have a wider range of abilities, so some kids wouldn’t be able to do some of the material.

And I'm telling you that's not true. The teacher differentiates. She does the units with the level IV kids and something else with the other kids.

Sure. You go ahead and believe the teacher is going to differentiate like that in an already advanced class. And have two different activities going on. No, I think she’s going to skip some stuff to make her life easier.

My child is in the class and I had two older children do LLIV at this school, but yes, you know better.

You have no clue what goes on on a daily basis in terms of instruction. You don’t know what units she chooses not to do.

I don't know what kind of school your kid goes to but my child's work comes home every Thursday. Nice try lady!

Seeing your child’s work come home every week doesn’t tell you what units or what parts of a unit the teacher decides not to do because of the wider ranging abilities of kids in a local level 4 class. I stand by what I said, which is teachers may not be able to use all of the techniques and curriculum offered in a local level 4 class.

You're ignorant. OP I am not a mom at Clermont but my child is at a local LLIV. We chose not to go to the center. There are 12 LLIV kids in my 5th graders class and the rest are principal placed. It's a class of 23. This poster doesn't know what she's talking about. Go to both orientations and talk to teachers at both. Like someone said, talk to the MS see if kids in local LLIV are less prepared than kids from Center. I'd bet money that is not the case. Good luck.

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Anonymous wrote:If you’re happy at Clermont, why would you change schools? Local program is fine.

So her child can be in a full class with only center eligible kids. It will be a stronger curriculum overall.

Ummm, no. The curriculum will be exactly the same.

No it actually won’t. The teacher won’t be able to do some of the recommended units and so forth bc the class will be more heterogenous and have a wider range of abilities.

This is a lie. I have 3 kids who all did Clermont Level IV. It's a strong program. Even when people raved about SEES we opted for Clermont and both my older kids found Twain AAP to be easy. That is the test, do kids who went to the center vs LLIV fair better in MS. Ask the teachers, we did. The answer is "no." And we have seen it for ourselves. Also, both my kids took Algebra I in 7th along with other Clermont kids. Just like some SEES kids did not. Take that for what it's worth. I know have a 3rd grader in Clermont IV AAP, it's fine. We opted for it over BH. BH is new, Clermont LLIV is tried and true. We decided not to mess with a good thing.

Ok, take a chill pill. It’s not a lie. I didn’t say anything about kids faring better later in life. I simply said some of the units won’t be able to be done in a local level 4. And that is absolute truth. The class will have a wider range of abilities, so some kids wouldn’t be able to do some of the material.

And I'm telling you that's not true. The teacher differentiates. She does the units with the level IV kids and something else with the other kids.

Sure. You go ahead and believe the teacher is going to differentiate like that in an already advanced class. And have two different activities going on. No, I think she’s going to skip some stuff to make her life easier.

My child is in the class and I had two older children do LLIV at this school, but yes, you know better.

You have no clue what goes on on a daily basis in terms of instruction. You don’t know what units she chooses not to do.

I don't know what kind of school your kid goes to but my child's work comes home every Thursday. Nice try lady!

Seeing your child’s work come home every week doesn’t tell you what units or what parts of a unit the teacher decides not to do because of the wider ranging abilities of kids in a local level 4 class. I stand by what I said, which is teachers may not be able to use all of the techniques and curriculum offered in a local level 4 class.

PP, are you okay? You seem a bit too invested in this. Perhaps a hobby or volunteer work might help you unclench from this Level IV curriculum bone.

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Anonymous wrote:If you’re happy at Clermont, why would you change schools? Local program is fine.

So her child can be in a full class with only center eligible kids. It will be a stronger curriculum overall.

Ummm, no. The curriculum will be exactly the same.

No it actually won’t. The teacher won’t be able to do some of the recommended units and so forth bc the class will be more heterogenous and have a wider range of abilities.

This is a lie. I have 3 kids who all did Clermont Level IV. It's a strong program. Even when people raved about SEES we opted for Clermont and both my older kids found Twain AAP to be easy. That is the test, do kids who went to the center vs LLIV fair better in MS. Ask the teachers, we did. The answer is "no." And we have seen it for ourselves. Also, both my kids took Algebra I in 7th along with other Clermont kids. Just like some SEES kids did not. Take that for what it's worth. I know have a 3rd grader in Clermont IV AAP, it's fine. We opted for it over BH. BH is new, Clermont LLIV is tried and true. We decided not to mess with a good thing.

Ok, take a chill pill. It’s not a lie. I didn’t say anything about kids faring better later in life. I simply said some of the units won’t be able to be done in a local level 4. And that is absolute truth. The class will have a wider range of abilities, so some kids wouldn’t be able to do some of the material.

And I'm telling you that's not true. The teacher differentiates. She does the units with the level IV kids and something else with the other kids.

Sure. You go ahead and believe the teacher is going to differentiate like that in an already advanced class. And have two different activities going on. No, I think she’s going to skip some stuff to make her life easier.

My child is in the class and I had two older children do LLIV at this school, but yes, you know better.

You have no clue what goes on on a daily basis in terms of instruction. You don’t know what units she chooses not to do.

I don't know what kind of school your kid goes to but my child's work comes home every Thursday. Nice try lady!

Seeing your child’s work come home every week doesn’t tell you what units or what parts of a unit the teacher decides not to do because of the wider ranging abilities of kids in a local level 4 class. I stand by what I said, which is teachers may not be able to use all of the techniques and curriculum offered in a local level 4 class.

You're ignorant. OP I am not a mom at Clermont but my child is at a local LLIV. We chose not to go to the center. There are 12 LLIV kids in my 5th graders class and the rest are principal placed. It's a class of 23. This poster doesn't know what she's talking about. Go to both orientations and talk to teachers at both. Like someone said, talk to the MS see if kids in local LLIV are less prepared than kids from Center. I'd bet money that is not the case. Good luck.

I don’t know if you are just stupid or ignorant, or maybe both. I didn’t say they would be less prepared in MS.

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The bottom half of the AAP kids at the center will be indistinguishable from the principal placed kids in the LLIV. There is no obvious difference between the borderline applicants who are admitted to AAP and those who are rejected.

My kid attends a center, and the class still has a fairly low instructional level based on the lowest common denominator. The one benefit I can see for a LLIV is that at least the principal placed kids will be the well behaved kids, whereas the LIV kids are going to be a mixed bag in behavior.

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Anonymous wrote:If you’re happy at Clermont, why would you change schools? Local program is fine.

So her child can be in a full class with only center eligible kids. It will be a stronger curriculum overall.

Ummm, no. The curriculum will be exactly the same.

No it actually won’t. The teacher won’t be able to do some of the recommended units and so forth bc the class will be more heterogenous and have a wider range of abilities.

This is a lie. I have 3 kids who all did Clermont Level IV. It's a strong program. Even when people raved about SEES we opted for Clermont and both my older kids found Twain AAP to be easy. That is the test, do kids who went to the center vs LLIV fair better in MS. Ask the teachers, we did. The answer is "no." And we have seen it for ourselves. Also, both my kids took Algebra I in 7th along with other Clermont kids. Just like some SEES kids did not. Take that for what it's worth. I know have a 3rd grader in Clermont IV AAP, it's fine. We opted for it over BH. BH is new, Clermont LLIV is tried and true. We decided not to mess with a good thing.

Ok, take a chill pill. It’s not a lie. I didn’t say anything about kids faring better later in life. I simply said some of the units won’t be able to be done in a local level 4. And that is absolute truth. The class will have a wider range of abilities, so some kids wouldn’t be able to do some of the material.

And I'm telling you that's not true. The teacher differentiates. She does the units with the level IV kids and something else with the other kids.

Sure. You go ahead and believe the teacher is going to differentiate like that in an already advanced class. And have two different activities going on. No, I think she’s going to skip some stuff to make her life easier.

My child is in the class and I had two older children do LLIV at this school, but yes, you know better.

You have no clue what goes on on a daily basis in terms of instruction. You don’t know what units she chooses not to do.

I don't know what kind of school your kid goes to but my child's work comes home every Thursday. Nice try lady!

Seeing your child’s work come home every week doesn’t tell you what units or what parts of a unit the teacher decides not to do because of the wider ranging abilities of kids in a local level 4 class. I stand by what I said, which is teachers may not be able to use all of the techniques and curriculum offered in a local level 4 class.

You're ignorant. OP I am not a mom at Clermont but my child is at a local LLIV. We chose not to go to the center. There are 12 LLIV kids in my 5th graders class and the rest are principal placed. It's a class of 23. This poster doesn't know what she's talking about. Go to both orientations and talk to teachers at both. Like someone said, talk to the MS see if kids in local LLIV are less prepared than kids from Center. I'd bet money that is not the case. Good luck.

I don’t know if you are just stupid or ignorant, or maybe both. I didn’t say they would be less prepared in MS.

Not PP but I have been following this comical thread. So if the children in LLIV won't be less prepared in MS then who the hell cares what unit/instruction they get in LLIV? Seems like a silly reason to choose center over LLIV (due to some random instruction units that don't give your kid an edge anyway). The goal is to ensure whichever place you chose, the child is prepared to compete with their cohorts and is learning and challenged. My child is at a center because our base did not have LLIV. I LOVE our center. I would have chosen it anyway because my son didn't have many friends at his base school, but you poster, who is obsessed with what units an AAP teacher teaches, seem unhinged.

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My DC will be doing LLIV at Clermont. Hopefully there will be a decent number who stay but it seems like there are only about 12-15 kids in the rising 3rd grade Level IV cohort at Clermont.

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Anonymous wrote:If you’re happy at Clermont, why would you change schools? Local program is fine.

So her child can be in a full class with only center eligible kids. It will be a stronger curriculum overall.

Ummm, no. The curriculum will be exactly the same.

No it actually won’t. The teacher won’t be able to do some of the recommended units and so forth bc the class will be more heterogenous and have a wider range of abilities.

This is a lie. I have 3 kids who all did Clermont Level IV. It's a strong program. Even when people raved about SEES we opted for Clermont and both my older kids found Twain AAP to be easy. That is the test, do kids who went to the center vs LLIV fair better in MS. Ask the teachers, we did. The answer is "no." And we have seen it for ourselves. Also, both my kids took Algebra I in 7th along with other Clermont kids. Just like some SEES kids did not. Take that for what it's worth. I know have a 3rd grader in Clermont IV AAP, it's fine. We opted for it over BH. BH is new, Clermont LLIV is tried and true. We decided not to mess with a good thing.

Ok, take a chill pill. It’s not a lie. I didn’t say anything about kids faring better later in life. I simply said some of the units won’t be able to be done in a local level 4. And that is absolute truth. The class will have a wider range of abilities, so some kids wouldn’t be able to do some of the material.

And I'm telling you that's not true. The teacher differentiates. She does the units with the level IV kids and something else with the other kids.

Sure. You go ahead and believe the teacher is going to differentiate like that in an already advanced class. And have two different activities going on. No, I think she’s going to skip some stuff to make her life easier.

My child is in the class and I had two older children do LLIV at this school, but yes, you know better.

You have no clue what goes on on a daily basis in terms of instruction. You don’t know what units she chooses not to do.

I don't know what kind of school your kid goes to but my child's work comes home every Thursday. Nice try lady!

Seeing your child’s work come home every week doesn’t tell you what units or what parts of a unit the teacher decides not to do because of the wider ranging abilities of kids in a local level 4 class. I stand by what I said, which is teachers may not be able to use all of the techniques and curriculum offered in a local level 4 class.

You're ignorant. OP I am not a mom at Clermont but my child is at a local LLIV. We chose not to go to the center. There are 12 LLIV kids in my 5th graders class and the rest are principal placed. It's a class of 23. This poster doesn't know what she's talking about. Go to both orientations and talk to teachers at both. Like someone said, talk to the MS see if kids in local LLIV are less prepared than kids from Center. I'd bet money that is not the case. Good luck.

I don’t know if you are just stupid or ignorant, or maybe both. I didn’t say they would be less prepared in MS.

Not PP but I have been following this comical thread. So if the children in LLIV won't be less prepared in MS then who the hell cares what unit/instruction they get in LLIV? Seems like a silly reason to choose center over LLIV (due to some random instruction units that don't give your kid an edge anyway). The goal is to ensure whichever place you chose, the child is prepared to compete with their cohorts and is learning and challenged. My child is at a center because our base did not have LLIV. I LOVE our center. I would have chosen it anyway because my son didn't have many friends at his base school, but you poster, who is obsessed with what units an AAP teacher teaches, seem unhinged.

Lol. You’re funny. And really defensive about Level 4.