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[quote=Anonymous][quote=whatshername]Oh, this is all very interesting.  Thank you so much for all your replies.

Three more questions...

- If your child gets in to a language immersion program, then they will "just" do language immersion and not also be put in any kind of AAP?
 - I gather Arlington public schools don't have anything like this?
 - I wonder how the kids who don't get in feel?

We will be moving to the area soon.  Oldest is still a toddler.  We have not decided yet on Arlington or Fairfax County.

I have mixed feelings about it - on the one hand it sounds like a great way for the 20% to get a learning experience more geared towards their level, which is wonderful.  On the other hand, I imagine it must create a certain amount of stress.  I suspect some kids spend the summer between first and second grade going to test prep classes.[/quote]

Kids in language immersion programs have a variety of options. My DS is in language immersion. We know people who choose not to move to the center and are using level III services, taught in the immersion language for math, and then level III services for English and the like. Other kids have chosen to leave the language immersion program and move to the center school for AAP. So language immersion programs do not prevent kids from participating in AAP but offer a different option for a child accepted into AAP.

I have no idea what Arlington's program is. I think I have read on this board that it is pretty much differentiated groups in the regular classroom but there is no class for kids identified as being advanced.

As for the kids not accepted, I have no clue. Our base school does not have local level IV so kids might not even be aware that there is an AAP program. I do know that there is a bit of a divide at our school between the kids in language immersion and general education because the kids do not have classes together. Some Gen Ed parents grumble about the language program getting more resources but I don't hear much of that. I have read on this site that there are schools were there is a divide between AAP and Gen Ed kids at centers and even the local level IV programs at some schools. I am sure that there are kids who feel lesser then because they are not in AAP but I suspect most kids could care less. I have heard people grumble about some kids in AAP who talk about how much smarter they are.

I know families where one kid is in AAP and attends the center and another child was not accepted and is at the base school. They seem to be just fine. I suspect that it depends on the individual child and how the family deals with things.

And yes, there are some kids whose parents are very hell bent on getting their kids into AAP and Honors Algebra in 7th grade and TJ that I am sure it creates a lot of stress for the kid. I think most parents are pretty level headed about things and just let it be. AAP is not a topic of discussion amongst most of my friends. Kids will get a good to great education in Gen Ed if that is where they land if their parents are involved and make sure that thier kid does their work.[/quote]

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