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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There seems to be a (speculated) hierarchy among FCPS LIV centers and in-house programs. What do you like about your DC's AAP center/LLIV ? What made you switch to. a center / stay at base school ? [/quote]

Center classes are all AAP all the time in the core academic classes, and the entire class is kids who qualified for AAP. I understand that in local level IV there are not usually enough AAP kids to create entire classes so principals can choose other kids to be in the class. I'm sure it works out fine. Full disclosure, our child did AAP centers from third through eighth grades and had excellent teachers and great instruction. I can only speak to centers and not any personal experience of LL IV. I just know that the class makeup can be somewhat different.

A key reason we went with the center is that our experience in K through 2 was that "differentiation in the classroom" that was supposed to meet the needs of all kids did not meet the needs of kids who could move faster or who could be challenged more. Our base school had issues and teachers had to focus on bringing up overall test scores and helping a lot of remedial learners. That's essential of course but meant that the idea of differentiation to keep other learners engaged wasn't really done at all. This was before there was all the talk about LL IV in more schools etc. so staying at our base was just not an option at all at that time.

If you are looking at a choice between a center and an LLIV at a base school, visit the center and take your child with you, and ask your question of the center staff as well as the LLIV staff at the base school, and see how they compare things. Ask for specific examples -- "Lay out for me how the same curriculum works in AAP and in general ed" and ask them to give a few specific examples. [/quote]

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