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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've posted about this before but will do so again. My kid was accepted in second grade and could've gone to the center in third grade. There's no Local Level IV at our base school. DC was not interested in leaving friends and teachers that were all awesome, and DH and I agreed it was fine to stay at the base school for third grade. Third grade wasn't a terrible experience or anything, but it was clear after about the first month that DC was coasting and not at all challenged. If I'm being honest, there is a [b]significant number [/b]of third grade kids at the base school who are at least 1-2 grade levels behind in reading and math, and the teacher definitely had her hands full trying to make sure those students were at least reasonably close to passing the SOL. There was lots of time spent doing independent reading and playing math games for the other kids, which is okay sometimes, but it gets old after awhile. At conference, the teacher suggested we seriously consider the Level IV Center for the following year, and DC agreed that this would be a good move. Fourth grade at the center is definitely more engaging and our kid is challenged and really involved in all projects and lessons and loves the classes. [/quote]

What’s a significant number?[/quote]

PP here. In my kid’s third grade class of 24, there were six kids who were very behind. From what I understand, other classes had similar numbers and the school’s test scores seem to bear this out. There was an IA who pushed in to help these kids sometimes but she wasn’t in there all day and mostly supervised the rest of the class while the teachers tried to get the kids who really needed help up to speed.[/quote]

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