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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How about we treat entrance into AAP like we do for special education--make it really hard to get into and do everything we can to accommodate the child in the classroom before qualifying them for special education. Make it for the kids who have demonstrated through a variety of assessments and observations that they need specialized instruction.

We keep LD kids in the base school and in the general education classroom.  We staff schools with special education teachers who push in and co-teach with the general education teacher.  They provide accommodations and help differentiate.  Couldn't the same model be used for AAP?  Pull all the Center teachers out and redistribute them. Special education teachers are assigned to schools based on the numbers of special education students.  The same could be done for AAP.

[b]I'm sure my idea will be shot down quickly though because it doesn't provide the status of getting "selected" to go to another school[/b]. [/quote]

No, it will get shot down because that is a very, very expensive idea.

Research how much more it costs to educate a LD or special ed kid in a mainstreamed classroom compared to putting a group of 30 kids together with one teacher and no specialists.

The difference is astronomical.  Doing the same thing on the other end of the spectrum will blow an enormous hole in the district budget.[/quote]

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