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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the kids are Principal placed .Does that mean they are the same as Committee placed ? what makes the difference ?[/quote]

Committee placed are kids selected by the committee. They have the option of attending the Center school or their base school. They are guaranteed LIV placement through 8th grade.

Principal placed kids are kids who are placed in the local LIV class by the Principal. They were not selected by the committee for LIV. They are not guaranteed a seat in the LLIV class, they can be removed at any time. [b]They cannot take LIV classes in MS. [/b][/quote]

So effed up to track kids like this when they’re 6-8 years old.  Committee wasn’t impressed with you when you were 7?  Too bad, no advanced classes for you when you’re 13!

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That is why parents can apply in later grades. I would expect that a kid who had been Principal Placed from 3rd grade on to apply for LIV status before MS. It isn’t that hard of a process, parents fill out a form. They can do more but they don’t have to. [/quote]

Sure, they can fill out a form.  They have no control over what some nameless, faceless centralized committee that doesn’t know their kid from Adam chooses to do.

Stop pretending that not allowing kids who can and should take advanced classes to actually take those classes is somehow fair, or just some parental failing.

The entire AAP system is a disaster.[/quote]

Parents can apply every year, they are not locked out. Parents can choose Honors classes for kids in MS, they are not denied advanced classes.

AAP is not perfect, there is no such thing as a perfect system. There are options and plenty of kids take AP/IB class in HS having not taking LIV classes in ES/MS. Kids are taking Algebra 1 in 8th grade, which allows them to take Calculus as Seniors. Kids get into top schools with “Just Calculus.”

I am guessing that the people who see AAP as a disaster are parents whose kids were not placed and see it as a snub of some sort. There is far too much evidence of kids doing fine without AAP for me to take things seriously. The program is a mildly ahead and provides kids in it some more indepth/advanced work that prevents them from being overly bored. Other kids catch up to the AAP kids easily enough. [/quote]

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