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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, go to the orientation and then make up your mind.  We were 95% sure we were not going to put our DC in AAP (taking him away from our neighborhood school), and the orientation changed our minds.  There have been some bumps along with way (1st quarter is a hard adjustment mainly b/c more independence and initiative is required of 3rd graders than 2nd graders whether AAP or not).  There is more homework than non-AAP.  The schedule is "off" from our other child.  But academically, DC in AAP is doing very well and [b]it IS superior to what is happening at our neighborhood school.
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So, we will stay with it b/c we know DC is getting a better education.  [/quote]

Like PP, we knew our kid would just get a better education at the center school.

A lot depends on your base school, OP, but don't let the "keep kids in the neighborhood" drumbeat on DCUM influence you if your base is unable to challenge your kid academically.

Our base school was friendly and nice and had great families there, etc. but at that time, had nothing to offer other than one weekly pull-out class for AAP kids. No level III or IV at that time at all. Teachers were told to "differentiate in the classroom" among different learning levels and what we saw in first and second grades was that it didn't work -- kids who were ahead or ready for more challenges were just given more busy work or told to help other kids. Friendly and cooperative, perhaps, but not challenging. After visiting the AAP center there wasn't really any question of staying at the base.

That was just our experience. Bear in mind -- it was and is a base school with issues and has a lot of work to do with kids who need remedial help, so that got all the focus and we were told by some of the teachers there to move our child to the center in order to find a challenge. If you have a solid Level IV program in the base school and don't have the issues our base school had, it may be fine to stay with the base. But listen to the PP and go to the center orientation and ask for examples of how a center is different from in-base Level IV. It might or might not be better for your particular kid. There is a lot of anti-AAP and anti-center talk all over DCUM but you need to get the information by going in person to [i]your[/i] possible center (take your child) and really talking to the teachers for Level IV at [i]your[/i][i] base. Don't let any general sentiments for or against the AAP system sway you.
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