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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I can sympathize. It is hard on you and your DC - the social issue, I mean. My DD was in the same situation. We live in a center ES boundary. Every year in ES, one by one her friends that she naturally connected with moved to the AAP class while she remained in GE. We tried two times - once in 4th (an honest attempt) and then in 6th (an attempt to provide her the same choice for MS as her friends). Both times denied. DD still hung with her "AAP" group outside of school because they live in the same neighborhood.

After 6th, DD's friends all chose the MS AAP center. DD did not have that choice and attended Boundary MS. Hardest part for DD in MS was maintaining two groups of friends and also the fact that her AAP neighborhood group were together getting on the bus and at their school. She really felt left out, many tears spilled over this, but in my view she matured and did a great job balancing friendships between two groups. Not easy for girls in MS. Academically, she is doing great. Chose honors classes where she was academically strong, aced her grades all 4 semesters, and NJHS. Less intense, less stress and overall the right environment for an above average student. Really, I think MS completely relieved her of the AAP social pressure that existed at the center ES. DD was more confident in the smaller boundary MS than she would have been in the overcrowded center MS.

Now, in HS she is riding the bus with those same neighborhood friends and no one talks about AAP anymore - I mean not even part of their vocabulary. They are even in some of the same classes together (shock!). The social aspect sucks and is difficult during the MS years but they will survive it and do just fine not being in AAP if that is right for them. (And, you will be okay with it as well.)[/quote]

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