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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also don't understand the ",missed opportunities" of friendship. In that dopey scenario aren't 4th graders missing out on friendships with 3rd and 5th graders because they aren't in the same classes? Aren't kids who live in the same large neighborhood but are split between School A and School B missing out on 
friendships?

A child doesn't need to be exposed to 150 kids to make friends. In some small schools there may only be two classes in the grade. Are those kids suffering because there aren't another 50-75 peers at the school?

It really is looking for a problem where there shouldn't be one.[/quote]

I think the problem is that there's an academic segregation going on at the center schools. So that the GE kids never get to hang out with the academic superstars and the academic superstars never hang out with kids who may be on grade level or even struggling. This makes for a very segregated way of living and was the reason tracking went away in the first place. I think many people are supportive of kids getting lessons at their academic level. What they aren't supportive of is situation in elementary where kids are only with like minded kids whether that's race, intelligence, or parent income level. In high school it makes more sense to specialize because children are figuring out what they want to major in. Can you not understand how a kid who is in GE might think he's too dumb to even hang out with the AAP kids if they are so segregated or an AAP kid thinking the other kids are so dumb they aren't worth hanging out with? That type of attitude stays with people throughout their lives.[/quote]

Well, then the school needs to mix specials. And have recess at the same time with each grade.  The parents need to sign the kids up for sports and they will make friends with kids with similar interests.

In the end, the kids are going to play with the kids they want to play with.  My kid never played with the jock kids (a fair number of AAP kids but mostly non AAP kids).My kid stunk atsports, didn't want to play them and was not in high demand by the jocks, including his best friend. At any free play opportunity, he hung with the geeky kids doing geeky games. That group was mostly AAP kids with some non AAP kids. They found their mother ship :).

My jockier kid plays with the jocks. That group is a mix of all kinds of kids. Those kids found their team, so to speak.

These kids would have ended up with the same general group of playmates whether their core subjects were segregated or not, as would most of the kids in the school.

Maybe it is different for girls, but this is my experience with boys. They will find their natural frind group at recess, regardless of their homeroom for math, science, english and social studies.[/quote]

For their best friends, yes, but I'm amazed at how integrated all the children are at our non-center school. The boys especially seem to all get along together whether they are jocks, nerds, computer, or music fans. Also, I love to hear about children helping others in need. For AAP children, there could be a lot of leadership opportunities, but they are missed by the segregation of abilities.[/quote]

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