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Would an AAP class with 2 aap student and 18 gened work at the same level as one with 15 aap students and 5 gened? Which class would move at a faster pace and/or more advance instruction? The percentages of AAP vs gened at the school contribute to the makeup of each AAP class.[/quote]

The majority of the lessons will be geared towards to the skill level of the majority of the students.[/quote]
The skill level of the majority in an AAP center classroom is not as high as you would like to think.  There are children in AAP at my child's center who got in because they were exceptional at language arts, but they are average in math and vice versa.  The classes are always going to teach to the lowest common denominator, and even in AAP it can be quite low.

Also, the bottom half of the kids in AAP will be completely indistinguishable from the gen ed kids who are likely to be principal placed.  All were borderline applicants, and there really isn't a difference between those lucky enough to get in and those who weren't.  At least the principal placed kids are going to be well-behaved, motivated kids who are academically advanced, even if they're as a whole not as smart as the AAP kids.

My view is that you should choose the center if your child is not a borderline admit and is strong in all subjects.  You should choose LLIV if your child was a parent referral or borderline in some other way, or if your child is not strong in one of the core subjects.  [/quote]

I think this is right.  My kid's principal hinted to me that my son needs to be challenged and may be better off at the center school.  My son is shy and does not want to change schools.  It's so hard to know what is the right thing to do.[/quote]

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