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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents return from the Center to the base at our school because the Center schools social scene is non-existent. There are very few after school hang outs or birthday parties. Academically families are happy but socially not so much.

I am guesstimating that about half the kids who leave for the Center return to the base. I know families that didn’t send siblings because of the older kids experience.

We didn’t have LLIV until a few years ago either so it wasn’t that LLIV was amazing. We did have Advanced Math and regular LIII pull outs. The Teachers do a good job with differentiation. A good number of kids go on to Algebra in 7th grade from the base. [/quote]

Our base is a center and my kids are in AAP. I agree that it’s lacking socially from a neighborhood-feel standpoint. Once the classmates are no longer in your immediate vicinity and are bussed or driven, you lose the convenience of impromptu play dates and the social connection that comes w/ talking with parents at pickup or seeing them around the neighborhood.

That said, my older child found a strong group of friends in AAP and felt like they finally fit in w/ a crew. They weren’t really connecting w/ peers during pre-AAP base grades. Could’ve been coincidental but that was our experience. [/quote]

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