Reply to Flint Hill vs. Louise Archer for AAP

Forum Index » Advanced Academic Programs (AAP)

Reply to "Flint Hill vs. Louise Archer for AAP"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]For me, there was no question after the info sessions. The fact that children were invited to and included in the LA session spoke volumes to me.

The reason LA invites children is mainly because it's a new school for most of the children. For many, it's the only time they'll ever see this new school before they'd start. And it's a big change to move schools so I'm sure the school has pressure to make sure parents and children are informed before switching. LLIV programs do not have to invite new children to their school and if children stay, they'll just be with a new teacher like everyone else going up to a new grade. Same school, same friends, same bus, same aftercare, lunchroom, etc. In fact many LLIV programs don't invite children because they don't want to create more of a divide between the AAP and non AAP children. I don't know what else you're reading into it. I'm sure if you really wanted to though you could bring your kids. At the LLIV info session, older kids did come and give examples of their work. I saw this as a great leadership opportunity for future years. LA at least just had the kids come up and say a few words and you didn't really get to see the work the kids did. Like you, I did want my child involved, so what I did was to bring them to the center discussion so they could see the new school and what the program might be like and then just told them that the LLIV program would have very similar work and asked them what they wanted to do next year. I never thought of this difference in presentation as a reflection on the school's wishes for my child's involvement in the process.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics