Applying for Level IV?

[Anonymous]

Maybe I just dont get it yet as my child starts K next year, but what does it mean when your school is applying for Local level IV? Is that the same as AAP? Does that mean the size of the school will increase?

I dont understand all these terms and what they mean.....

[Anonymous]

It means that the school is seeking to offer Local Level IV (AAP) services at the school for students at that base school. No additional students from outside of the base school boundary would be added.

[Anonymous]

The size of the school will not increase. It means that students there will have the opportunity to stay to receive level IV services. Some people will tell you those schools aren't "as good" as level IV schools that children move to, but they are incorrect. Local level IV at your school is a good thing.

[Anonymous]

It could mean the population will increase if currently a lot of those children transfer to an AAP center but now might stay if LLIV is being offered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The size of the school will not increase. It means that students there will have the opportunity to stay to receive level IV services. Some people will tell you those schools aren't "as good" as level IV schools that children move to, but they are incorrect. Local level IV at your school is a good thing.

I don't think you can say that as a blanket statement. It really depends on the school. At some schools, the families really like and prefer LLIV. At other schools, it's no where near as good as the center option. You need to check it out at your school and make the decision that's best for your child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The size of the school will not increase. It means that students there will have the opportunity to stay to receive level IV services. Some people will tell you those schools aren't "as good" as level IV schools that children move to, but they are incorrect. Local level IV at your school is a good thing.

I don't think you can say that as a blanket statement. It really depends on the school. At some schools, the families really like and prefer LLIV. At other schools, it's no where near as good as the center option. You need to check it out at your school and make the decision that's best for your child.

This is definitely true. We moved from AAP at a Center school last year (it was our base school) to a new house in the neighboring school with LLIV and I have been surprised to hear our child express concern that the kids at the LLIV school were more advanced than the classmates he had last year. I would have thought it would have been the other way around. I noticed a considerable increase in homework at the LLIV school versus the Center school (again surprising, and more than I would have expected in just moving up a grade -- and other parents have told me the kids had a similar amount of homework last year, which is way more than he had in his Center school).