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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AAP is not a gifted program.  It is mainly a way for parents with means to get their kids segregated from the poor kids, disguised as a gifted program.  (Let’s not pretend these parents aren’t prepping their kids for the two tests which are meant to be taken totally unprepped, or that they’re not “contributing” to their children’s work samples, and when all else fails they’ll pay for and prep their kid for an IQ test…)

The problem is then everyone pretends that all of the kids left behind are getting an adequate and appropriate education.  Wrong!  The average, above average, and poor gifted kids are being left to flounder jn gen ed which is essentially remedial at this point.  But the rich “gifted” kids are at centers so I guess all is well.[/quote]

This is valid.
And gross.
But also given that it’s the system we walked into (as in it was already operating this way when our kid entered kindergarten), I can tell you that it takes way more courage than I have to be the one to refuse the opportunity to have my kid placed into the “smart” class where 90% of kids in that LIV class have two married college-educated parents at home who expect high grades and good behavior versus taking a stand against the messed up system and declining the opportunity so that my kid can stay in Gen Ed where the ability level of one classroom of third graders can range from barely able to sound out 3-letter words to reading at 6th-grade level, with no fewer than three daily behavior problems ranging from chair-throwing to hitting and cursing. Those poor teachers are completely overwhelmed, and who wouldn’t be???

If it’s going to stop, it’s going yo have to come from the school board. Because parents (myself included) aren’t going to opt their kids out of the chaos if they have the choice to put them into a class that is focused on higher-level instruction that also provides a calmer learning environment.[/quote]

There is so much wrong with this post and point of view.  I don't even want to touch it to point out the problems.  Ugh.[/quote]

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