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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm glad you started this thread. My oldest just finished first grade and I'm a bit shell shocked and overwhelmed. DH and I just can't imagine 11 more years of this. Our teachers have been good, it's just the problems they deal with daily are wild. The classroom spread is huge; one kid was basically a genius and another just came to America a few months ago, didn't know letters and couldn't speak english. The discipline problems are big too.

I remember schools being a magical place filled with bright students who liked to learn, but I was in Gifted. Every school had a regular, honors and then gifted classes, plus ESL for two years until kids learned English. They now have only one class for everyone, so the rich kids have fled to private or sold their homes and moved. [/quote]

Don’t worry your kid can go to a magnet school by middle school and then never see those esl/ average kids again! In elementary at least he will have some exposure to kids that are different ….kids with special needs, immigrant kids, etc. and you can easily supplement his education outside of school! It’s a win win[/quote]

OP here. I see what you're saying but this is not a matter of parents not wanting their kids to be around kids who are different. I had that growing up and I want that for my children. This is a matter of getting a decent (not even a good, just decent) education in a safe environment. That's all I want and I am not seeing it happen in APS, and yes it is in part because of having only one class for everyone, even kids who have done things like cause lockdowns because of writing threats on the bathroom walls. You cannot expect a teacher to provide a decent education in a safe environment if she has to be a security enforcer, special ed teacher, English teacher, teacher for the remedial students, and teacher for the advanced students. It's ridiculous and not fair to anyone, perhaps especially the kids with special needs or who don't speak English. [/quote]

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