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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think we need to eliminate travel and try-out sports as well. All teams should be open to every child. Tracking by athletic ability is inequitable. [/quote]

A better analogy is that the rosters of all sports teams should be finalized by the end of second grade.  If your son sucks at basketball (which he’s never tried before) when he’s 7, he gets put in the “not an athlete” pool and only by the grace of god will he ever receive the opportunity to try again.  The fact that in middle school he’s over 6’ and has incredible hand-eye coordination is irrelevant.[/quote]

This might apply if 2nd grade was the only entry point for AAP.  But it’s not - there are more services that start in kindergarten, there is screening for any year thru grade 7, and it’s open enrollment in MS and HS —- so sorry - your analogy fails. [/quote]

In reality, where is the service that starts in Kindergarten? My kindergartener whose teachers were impressed with was dumbed down by first grade without parent intervention. He was given third grade material at the beginning of kindergarten is not getting any enrichment afterwards.

Majority of AAP LIV are selected in 2nd grade. In 3,4,5,6,7, the number of students getting in are not as many at all.[/quote]

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