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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP Here. Thank you to all who gave me their thoughts. It has helped ease anxiety.

I think what I am uncomfortable is a system that physically separates AAP and non-AAP for many reasons...and in the case of KGES a third separation where those who got into language immersion get physically separated.

I don't know if Arlington or Falls Church City place AAP kids in the same classes as general kids but I think that is what I would prefer as a parent. There seems something unhealthy to both the AAP kids and non-AAP kids by physically removing them from each other a la Dr Seuss's Sneetches.

At the same time I also think it will be fine and maybe I should worry about international move issues; I just feel like Fairfax County has indirectly opened a channel that allows aggressive parenting to payoff; and that worries me but to think that doesn't exist in FCC or Arlington is naive also. [/quote]

I do not know how Kent Gardens does it, but the way our school did Local Level IV was not full separation.  All students are mixed in for homeroom, PE, lunch, recess, art, music.....  Then for the four core courses (math, science, language arts, science) everyone moves around to different classrooms.  Some students are in the AAP level for all four, some are in AAP for 1-3 courses, some are in Gen-Ed for all four.  Some are in Special Ed for some classes too. My DC was in AAP for two, Gen-Ed for one and Special Ed for one.  Students move around and mix up - it isn't like they are sequestered in the same class all day long.[/quote]

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