Gen Ed to AAP mid year?

[Anonymous]

22:21 again. I meant the part-time aspect only for math, not any other subjects.

[Anonymous]

Happened at our school. Principal picked 6-7 kids from General Ed 3rd Grade and placed them into the Center classroom to up the numbers in AAP to hire another AAP teacher. Otherwise the classes would be close to 30 each. This left only 2 Gen Ed classes. This was done a week before school started with no advance information to parents. When we asked the AART about it when the word got out we were told that this "guest student" option was at the principals descretion and if we wanted information about what criteria was used we needed to have a private conversation with the principal. We didn't. This is a Center school. Not a local Level IV. Well aware of the difference.

[Anonymous]

Okay, I'm the Sunrise Valley parent of two center students. This would never happen at Sunrise Valley. I am stunned that this goes on at other Center schools. If I was the parent of a LL3 student "left behind" while 7 other LL3's were moved into the full-time LLIV program, I would be screaming mad. As you can see from these threads, parents invest a ton of energy and resources working within the system to attain placement for their kids. Then some get to run in the back door at the Center prinicipal's discretion? That is just wrong. You need to start naming the schools that are doing this, and bring it up to your School Board rep.

[Anonymous]

Stratford Landing ES - and I believe our reps know. If not I am guessing they will shortly!

[Anonymous]

Why should all level 3 parents be mad? I'm sure there is a range of level 3 students, and they picked the top 7. Get over it.

In LL4 schools, this happens all the time with no problem. If there are 15 level 4 kids in the classroom and they need 10 more to fill out the class they pick the 10 best level 3 kids. So is it fair to the remaining level 3 kids who don't get chosen?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay, I'm the Sunrise Valley parent of two center students. This would never happen at Sunrise Valley. I am stunned that this goes on at other Center schools. If I was the parent of a LL3 student "left behind" while 7 other LL3's were moved into the full-time LLIV program, I would be screaming mad. As you can see from these threads, parents invest a ton of energy and resources working within the system to attain placement for their kids. Then some get to run in the back door at the Center prinicipal's discretion? That is just wrong. You need to start naming the schools that are doing this, and bring it up to your School Board rep.

Agreed! I am steaming mad about this, and think it is unfair to the other lliii kids. I will email my school board member ,maybe the entire school board, to have this further reviewed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why should all level 3 parents be mad? I'm sure there is a range of level 3 students, and they picked the top 7. Get over it.

In LL4 schools, this happens all the time with no problem. If there are 15 level 4 kids in the classroom and they need 10 more to fill out the class they pick the 10 best level 3 kids. So is it fair to the remaining level 3 kids who don't get chosen?

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With all the talk of boxing off the AAP students in the centers by themselves, it seems like a better solution to have general education students who are high performing in a specific area mix with the AAP classes. Some students are very talented in one area. They would be adding to the atmosphere of the class. I have spoken to the AART at our center school. DC was not in-pool, but is a high performer in one specific area. The AART noted that if they do not have a group for DC in the general education that can meet DC's needs, then DC may meet with an AAP class for one subject. It seems more fair to try to meet the needs of all students, be they general education or AAP.