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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi!

So my child is in Grade 4 and got accepted to Level IV for 5th grade (center school.) He has been in Level III and Advanced math, and is very bright so I am not worried about him succeeding academically in the program. What I AM concerned about is that none of his best friends are in Level IV. He says a lot of level IV kids are mean and look down on people. Even a couple who used to be friends with him became different after starting AAP and of course developed their own friend circle in their class.

I worry about this, as he has such an awesome group of friends. [b]I know he will also make new friends, and this is not a reason to turn down the program…[/b]HIs friends live in the same neighborhood so will hopefully continue to still be great friends…But i know you tend to gravitate to people in your own classes…  How did your kids do socially when they started later? Thx. [/quote]

I actually think it's a good reason to turn down the program. If we did not have Local LIV at our school, I wouldn't have even applied for Level IV services.  Friendships and staying in her neighborhood school was significantly more important to me than AAP, especially since honors classes at the middle school level are open enrollment and I have zero interest in sending her to her non-base middle school to continue with AAP. I just don't think the program is impressive enough to justify moving my kid to a whole new school and having them be with kids he's not comfortable with or who he thinks are mean.[/quote]

Hi! He would actually stay in the same school since we are already at a center… [/quote]

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