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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These comments are the reason the school publishes the AAP FAQs each year, to correct these misconceptions. (website under Academics)

Also on their website, “Colvin Run is a unique school in that we believe all students can and should access Level IV curriculum. Aside from our commitment to all students learning and working with the 9 critical and creative thinking strategies, all classrooms teach with units and resources that one might find in a Level IV classroom.”

Colvin Run is a Level IV Center. A Level IV Center has different classrooms for Level IV kids. That’s the model. It has nothing to do with the principal.  It is no mistake the classes mix for math, specials, recess, lunch, and some projects, so the kids can still be with kids outside their classrooms.

[b]For years, the school has purchased AAP curriculum used in the Gen Ed classrooms just like the Level IV classrooms because they ‘believe ALL  students can and should access it.’[/b][/quote]

This.  I have/had gen ed kids at Colvin Run and they were able to take Level IV courses.  My kids never felt maligned in any way by the divide, and they moved on to Cooper (which is also a center now) with ease.  I am not on the PTO, nor do I benefit from any kind of favoritism (I WOHM and rarely get face time at the school). When my youngest started Kindergarten, his friend groups were mixed up every year anyway so the divide in 3rd grade was no big deal.

To the OP:  I have had three kids cycle in or out of Colvin Run in the last three years (all gen ed students), and it's been fine.  We really love the school.[/quote]

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