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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, the purpose is not to "play pranks".  It's team building and time to spend with their friends.  The administrators do not like it, because the kids take a whole Friday off of school and that means lost Federal funds for the school.  I think next year's organizers are trying to do it on a teacher workday weekend so there will not be any missed days from school.  Additionally, there was a project worked on by each of the grade level boys and girls suggested by the Principal and turned into her as well.

As to students being left out; there is no way to distribute information other  than by word of mouth and the few emails that are handy.  There was numerous emails sent and each of them asked to spread the word and there were at least 4 meetings at the school so if someone got left out, the parents dropped the ball.  he AAP parents are well connected to eachother and the kids talk abut it so there was plenty of opportunity to learn more.  The school does not allow any advertising through KIT or the PTA or posters or signage so that doesn't leave many ways to get the info out.

I'm going to try to get a 6th grade event started at my non AAP son's school similar to Louis Archer.  For those parents upset about Al Fresco being exclusionary can do the same.[/quote]

I am sorry but as an AAP parent I think this is rotten and a really nasty way to exclude half the kids at your grade.

The Keene parents should be ashamed for being so cliquey and exclusionary.

I am sure that the real reason the school and administration takes issue with this event is because of the hurt feelings it causes for all the other 4th-6th graders.

We are at another AAP center in that pyramid and thankfully that type of event would never fly at our school.  As the principal at our school says, none of the groups are more important than the others. Anything special is for all the kids, not just AAP.

I asked my AAP kid what he thought about the Keene event. His response was that it sounds like fun but it must make the gen ed kids feel awful.  Why can't the Keene AAP parents show the logic and compassionof a kid, and what the heck kind of example are you showing your own kids.

That is just wrong.

Grrr![/quote]

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