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[quote=Anonymous]I have the opposite issue as the OP. My DD did get into AAP (rising 3rd grader) and we have kept mum about it except for a couple close friends.

The issue we have is with two of the parents whose children were not in pool. They have not left us alone about it. Constantly bringing it up to us and to other people in the neighborhood. Asking others if we were going to send out kids to the center next year or not. Going on and  on about how "parents push their kids too hard and those centers are just so competitive, and cause major burn out" and on and on and on. Yet these are also the parents that on a different day say that they are going to have their kids retested and apply next year. I have not talked about it not because I am being snobby (as one parent said) but because to me it is a decision to be made with in our household alone and DH and I were on the fence for awhile. After we did decide to send her, I was just sick of thinking about it. Plus I know that it really upsets some kids and parents. One of the little girls (whose parents are constantly comparing our kids) has been going around at school telling classmates she is going to the center next year even though I know she didn't get in. It is a SAD SAD situation.

I disagree with PP that said AAP isn't that hard. It would be for some kids. It is not for the kids that belong there. And I just don't mean those that test well, I know plenty of kids that would be great there even though they had scored below a 132...I mean the kids that need a little something extra and who are willing to work at it and have positive supportive parents.

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