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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the early 2000s, there was more than one center and about 9-10% of the kids in each grade were in the program. Those were good numbers and the program worked well at that time. People saw that certain kids needed the program and weren't trying to get in kids who were fine in the regular program. 
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I think they also saw that kids who were in gen ed needed more and therefore more were allowed into AAP.  Everyone won't be completely happy.... no matter what the solution is.  If we push more AAP curriculum into the gen ed (which  I would like to see), there will be people unhappy b/c it's too hard for their child OR they now feel like their kid is in the dummy group b/c he isn't doing the AAP classes.

Ultimately, we have to remember that this is public education and the district has to serve the most kids it can with the money it has.  Unless taxes are much, much higher, it will never be a system that reaches each child at exactly the right level.  For some it will be too little and for others, it will be too much.  It's not perfect, it's public.

I am torn about the centers b/c I have one child at a center and one in gen. ed.  The kid at the center is definitely getting a better education.  The one in gen ed. SHOULD be getting that same (or similar) education.... wish we had parent referred as she was close, but not automatically in pool and we assumed the base school was perfectly fine.  Only after sending her through it and comparing to our child at the center do we see the deficiencies... and now it is too late for the gen ed kid to get into the AAP track.

My hesitance in breaking up the centers is that I do not believe that will solve the problem.   I do not trust the base school to adhere to the standards that the center uses.  I do not think the base school has the motivation to raise standards or implement an AAP curriculum.  So, getting rid of centers would simply be getting rid of what works and replacing it with something that isn't as good.  That's a step in the wrong direction.  So, for now, I support keeping the center that is doing a great job.  I would also like to see the kids in gen ed get a better  education --- and it sounds like some of you already have that at your base school.  You should be really grateful that  your kids have that level of education without even being in AAP.... not everyone has that.[/quote]

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