How many children in 3rd grade AAP?

[Anonymous]

We had been lucky that in 1st and 2nd grade, our DC only had 20-22 kids in their class. We just found out that our Level 4 AAP center will have 3 classes of 30 kids in each class. I know these kids should be able to work more independently than the average kid, but I will admit, the large class size scares me a bit.

[Anonymous]

Which school OP?

[Anonymous]

30 is about right. we had 31 last year.

[Anonymous]

had 30 this past year

[Anonymous]

We had 29-30 in LLIV in 3rd as well. Only 28 in LLIV in 4th.

[Anonymous]

29 at our AAP Center

[Anonymous]

The number of kids in class is dependent on the number of students.

At the beginning of the year, there is a maximum of 31 (or is it 32?) kids per class.

So, if there is 30 AAP students, there will be 30 in the class. If there is 40, there will be 20 in two classes. At Louise Archer, for example, there was about 100 kids in the 4th grade AAP last year, so they had 25 kids/class. If there were 7 fewer kids in AAP, they may have had 31 kids per class.

[Anonymous]

But often the principal will add non-center eligible kids to Local Level IV classes to "fill out" the class. Ours did, and we still had just 26 kids in the class. I don't think they do this at centers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had been lucky that in 1st and 2nd grade, our DC only had 20-22 kids in their class. We just found out that our Level 4 AAP center will have 3 classes of 30 kids in each class. I know these kids should be able to work more independently than the average kid, but I will admit, the large class size scares me a bit.

Why? There's no correlation between class size and achievement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But often the principal will add non-center eligible kids to Local Level IV classes to "fill out" the class. Ours did, and we still had just 26 kids in the class. I don't think they do this at centers.

True. But Local Level IV is hardly the same as an AAP Center.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But often the principal will add non-center eligible kids to Local Level IV classes to "fill out" the class. Ours did, and we still had just 26 kids in the class. I don't think they do this at centers.

True. But Local Level IV is hardly the same as an AAP Center.

That's right. At the AAP center, there's a guard at the door that stops any riff raff or "those people" from entering. All the other schools have to put up with the unwashed masses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But often the principal will add non-center eligible kids to Local Level IV classes to "fill out" the class. Ours did, and we still had just 26 kids in the class. I don't think they do this at centers.

True. But Local Level IV is hardly the same as an AAP Center.

That's right. At the AAP center, there's a guard at the door that stops any riff raff or "those people" from entering. All the other schools have to put up with the unwashed masses.

You do know that AAP Centers are at "plain old" elementary and middle schools, correct? And you do know that the AAP classes are not isolated with a guard at the door, correct?

[Anonymous]

Not a guard because of the budget cuts, but they can often get parental volenteers...why just last week, I had to take down a normal kid who had the audacity to say hello to my gifted child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not a guard because of the budget cuts, but they can often get parental volenteers...why just last week, I had to take down a normal kid who had the audacity to say hello to my gifted child.

Well, bless your heart!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not a guard because of the budget cuts, but they can often get parental volenteers...why just last week, I had to take down a normal kid who had the audacity to say hello to my gifted child.

Aside from the obvious sarcasm - I'm guessing if you had a gifted kid you would at least be able to spell "volunteers"...