What to tell a kid who is in, but just doesn't get AAP

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Anonymous wrote:There is no need to mention anything to the kids if no school change is involved. Classroom composition changes every year, and no classroom will have an AAP label on the door, so why say anything? I have one in 4th grade AAP, and one is just admitted. I said nothing and pretend to know nothing about AAP. My older makes friends across classrooms and I expect my younger to be the same. That is just healthier.

Of course there's no "AAP" sign on the classroom doors - but you are very naive if you think the kids don't know exactly who's in AAP and who's not. My child will mention kids to me in passing, prefacing it with, "She's in AAP" or "He's in Gen Ed". The other day the entire grade went on a field trip and the AAP classes traveled in one group, with the Gen Ed classes in another group - the teachers kept the classes the divided up that way. The kids aren't allowed to mingle at lunch - AAP classes sit at their tables and Gen Ed at theirs. The school pays lip service to the kids all mingling during specials, lunch, etc. - but they don't. Not even on the field trips. This is a center school, and every single kid knows what class every other kid is in. It is very much an us and them situation and it truly sucks.

Field trips for all grades have always had the kids stay with their classes. Same with lunch. Who mingles at lunch except with your classmates or a "hi" in passing to another kid not in your class? What are you talking about?

I'm talking about all the AAP classes (there are four in my kid's grade alone) doing field trip activities together, and the GE classes doing their activities together. Not an AAP/GE mix - total segregation. I'm talking about during lunch, all the AAP tables sitting in one area, and the GE tables in a different area. What about that don't you get?

Are you serious? TOTAL SEGREGATION? OMG - kids are eating lunch at their assigned tables. It isn't like they have a special cafeteria with a sign outside saying, "AAP kids only." As for field trip activities, in k-2 (before AAP), my kids' field trips were always with a group from their own class. Go back and learn about segregation in this country and see if you realize how ridiculous you sound.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:There is no need to mention anything to the kids if no school change is involved. Classroom composition changes every year, and no classroom will have an AAP label on the door, so why say anything? I have one in 4th grade AAP, and one is just admitted. I said nothing and pretend to know nothing about AAP. My older makes friends across classrooms and I expect my younger to be the same. That is just healthier.

Of course there's no "AAP" sign on the classroom doors - but you are very naive if you think the kids don't know exactly who's in AAP and who's not. My child will mention kids to me in passing, prefacing it with, "She's in AAP" or "He's in Gen Ed". The other day the entire grade went on a field trip and the AAP classes traveled in one group, with the Gen Ed classes in another group - the teachers kept the classes the divided up that way. The kids aren't allowed to mingle at lunch - AAP classes sit at their tables and Gen Ed at theirs. The school pays lip service to the kids all mingling during specials, lunch, etc. - but they don't. Not even on the field trips. This is a center school, and every single kid knows what class every other kid is in. It is very much an us and them situation and it truly sucks.

Field trips for all grades have always had the kids stay with their classes. Same with lunch. Who mingles at lunch except with your classmates or a "hi" in passing to another kid not in your class? What are you talking about?

I'm talking about all the AAP classes (there are four in my kid's grade alone) doing field trip activities together, and the GE classes doing their activities together. Not an AAP/GE mix - total segregation. I'm talking about during lunch, all the AAP tables sitting in one area, and the GE tables in a different area. What about that don't you get?

Are you serious? TOTAL SEGREGATION? OMG - kids are eating lunch at their assigned tables. It isn't like they have a special cafeteria with a sign outside saying, "AAP kids only." As for field trip activities, in k-2 (before AAP), my kids' field trips were always with a group from their own class. Go back and learn about segregation in this country and see if you realize how ridiculous you sound.

You are truly an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is no need to mention anything to the kids if no school change is involved. Classroom composition changes every year, and no classroom will have an AAP label on the door, so why say anything? I have one in 4th grade AAP, and one is just admitted. I said nothing and pretend to know nothing about AAP. My older makes friends across classrooms and I expect my younger to be the same. That is just healthier.

Of course there's no "AAP" sign on the classroom doors - but you are very naive if you think the kids don't know exactly who's in AAP and who's not. My child will mention kids to me in passing, prefacing it with, "She's in AAP" or "He's in Gen Ed". The other day the entire grade went on a field trip and the AAP classes traveled in one group, with the Gen Ed classes in another group - the teachers kept the classes the divided up that way. The kids aren't allowed to mingle at lunch - AAP classes sit at their tables and Gen Ed at theirs. The school pays lip service to the kids all mingling during specials, lunch, etc. - but they don't. Not even on the field trips. This is a center school, and every single kid knows what class every other kid is in. It is very much an us and them situation and it truly sucks.

Field trips for all grades have always had the kids stay with their classes. Same with lunch. Who mingles at lunch except with your classmates or a "hi" in passing to another kid not in your class? What are you talking about?

I'm talking about all the AAP classes (there are four in my kid's grade alone) doing field trip activities together, and the GE classes doing their activities together. Not an AAP/GE mix - total segregation. I'm talking about during lunch, all the AAP tables sitting in one area, and the GE tables in a different area. What about that don't you get?

Are you serious? TOTAL SEGREGATION? OMG - kids are eating lunch at their assigned tables. It isn't like they have a special cafeteria with a sign outside saying, "AAP kids only." As for field trip activities, in k-2 (before AAP), my kids' field trips were always with a group from their own class. Go back and learn about segregation in this country and see if you realize how ridiculous you sound.

You are truly an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child is so confused and doesn't understand what AAP is about. What should I tell her? She keeps asking me, "but how did I get in?" "why isn't everyone in?" "but what does it mean?" "What would have happened if I did't get in." We're thinking of doing LLIV so I was explaining that she will be in 4-6 with the same kids each year and she kept asking "but why can't X be in that class too. We read the same books." X didn't get in.

If you hadn't told her, AAP would have come up in discussion w. other kids. Keep it low key - there are smart and fun kids in EVERY class, AAP gives your a kid a chance to do more work (name something she likes). If she attends level IV or a center school already, tell her that she will see the same kids at lunch, gym, recess, etc.