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My kids are fairly anxious, and they had no problems at all with class switching in lower elementary.  It was exciting for them to meet new teachers and socialize with more of their classmates.  Are people here actually arguing that it's too disruptive for a 7 year old who is advanced in math to switch classrooms and take a more advanced math class, but it's somehow not disruptive to have the same child completely switch schools, perhaps leaving behind many friends, one year later?  [/quote]

Switching schools is not the same as switching classes.  Work on your logic.[/quote]
 :roll: Switching schools is much more stressful.  Grabbing your math binder and heading to the classroom next door is no big deal at all.  Again, both of my kids have anxiety issues.  Going to the AAP center was a major source of stress.  Switching classes isn't even a blip on their radars.

It's also not like middle school, where they're constantly switching.  They switch for math every day.  They switch for word study once/week.  Advanced kids do pull out reading group twice per week.  Everything else is with their homeroom.  2nd graders are more than capable of handling this.  Just as AAP 3rd-6th graders would be capable of switching for math and language arts.  [/quote]

Second grade is too young for switching classes.  In your experience, third grade is.  Why are you arguing?[/quote]

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