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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]it's like the pope, once you're in there you're in there for life (well, end of 8th grade anyway). But I'm pretty sure some have decided to withdraw.[/quote]

No, it's not true that "once you're in there, you're in there for life." Parents can opt their kids out of AAP if they want. I know one family that moved their child from an AAP center back to their base school. I don't know the reasons why. But why does someone else's reason matter? Why does the original poster even feel the need to ask this question to start with if he or she doesn't even really know why this child is struggling?

The post comes across as if the OP is assuming the child with "average scores" is not a good fit for AAP and has "stress or academics" issues. Yes, the level of the work could be the problem here--but children do have issues at home unrelated to school, social issues at school that have nothiing to do with AAP academics, stress from changing schools to go to an AAP center, or many other things going on that could be stressing this child out. The academic work itself might not be the real problem; why assume AAP is to blame? There may be a bigger picture here.

The mom may not be tutoring her kids because she's some pushy parent; she may be doing it because the kid is having a rough patch and needs a little extra help right now.

If the OP wants to help, he or she could suggest that the mom see the school counselor. Kids new to AAP often are stressed by moving to a new school more than by any academic issues. My own child saw the counselor a couple of times at the start of AAP in third grade and it helped her with the transition and she was fine. 
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