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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Disclaimer - no experience with DRES before AAP.  We opted for private in grades 1-3 because DRES, like the entire county, was on virtual learning.  We are essential workers, and I had enough background in peds to know that we should not do virtual education for small children.

After the schools re-opened, we gave them a year to let the froth settle down (kids needed to re-socialize), and re-entered Level IV classroom in 4th grade.

So far, our experience has been great.  Granted, I am not sure what we are missing out on in Mosaic level 4 classroom, but teachers have been loved by our child, she made great friends, her English language has grown in leaps and bounds (she went to immersion school in another language as a private).   Our teachers write a letter home every Friday.  They visit the students in their homes a few days before school starts, as is an annual tradition at DRES.  All the kids hang out at the pool all summer long.  It's a bit like American Dream, honestly.

Academically, it's a big fish in a small pond situation for the school overall, but that's fine because AAP provides an accomplished, smart peer group.  Granted, I am not sure how grades K-2 run, but I think if you want your kid challenged academically in these early years, a better ranked pyramid cannot accommodate you either because curriculum is set by the county.  Private is the only option.

Another advantage is that since there is only one AAP classroom, the kids in it are guaranteed to always be together.  In a way, it's a school within a school.  I have no intention to move to Mozaic, which is currently under construction and frankly less accessible to parents if they have a concern or request.

Now, in a few years when DRES will be under construction, and Mozaic will have brand new facilities instead of portables galore, I would at least reassess.[/quote]

Question for this PP: was the AAP classroom you referred to comprised only of level IV kids?  The stats for 2023-24 show 36 kids at DRES who were level IV, so it seems like there would be mostly principal placed kids in the AAP classroom.  What was your experience?[/quote]

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