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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Removing AAP won't change people's behavior.[/quote]
True.  If you remove AAP, then people who buy in poorer pyramids but use AAP to escape will instead just buy homes in the wealthier areas.  Wealth segregation and desire to avoid FARMS kids will be here with or without AAP.

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[b]AAP kids need to be separated from general education[/b]. No need to throw the baby out with the bathwater[/quote]
That's a crock of BS.  There's such a huge overlap between the bottom half of AAP and the top kids in GE that it's hard to argue that [b]most[/b] of the kids in AAP need to be separated from GE.  Most of the kids in AAP are high achievers who will bloom wherever they're planted.  Most of them are also only about a year above grade level, which honestly isn't that advanced and should easily be accommodated in GE.  
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I know most of the kids selected for AAP at my DS school do not move to the center and are happy with the Level III services they receive. The school has a language immersion program and no Local Level IV. I guess you could argue that the LI is something that sets them apart from the GE curriculum but the only difference is that a language is taught and math and science are taught in that language, otherwise the curriculum is the same. The parents are very happy with the services that the kids are getting. No one seems to be worried that their kids are not taking Algebra in 7th Grade. The kids are going on to AP and IB programs in High School and doing just fine. 
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