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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And yes, GBW is one of the schools that posters are saying is a toxic environment.    The extreme overcrowding combined with the imbalance of aap to ge classes being 3:1 creates that.

We'll see if the new center makes much difference-the rumor is that we're going to be around 200 kids over capacity still.[/quote]

But that sounds like a GBW specific problem (and 260+ kids over capacity is awful). Not a systemic AAP problem. [/quote]

To be clear, I said I wasn't opposed to centers.  The way ours has evolved is horrible.

But I do think it would be nice if people would acknowledge that certain center schools have some true issues to be addressed, not just say "well, my school isn't like that" and act like we're all crazy to be upset with this system.[/quote]

But the way some LLIVs evolved is horrible too. The politics of principal placement got so ugly one  year in DDs school, that it was stopped altogether.  The next year 14 kids qualified, and no one was principal placed. Which meant that the AAP class had 14 kids and the Gen Ed classes were at 32+. The next year (DDs year) 30 kids qualified and it looked like things were going to work out. Except 2 years later kids have moved in or qualified in, and DDs class next year is slated to be 37. So to recap, first just about everyone was pissed about the principal placement process (and 3 years out, they still are), then the Gen Ed parents were up in arms about the class size disparity (and still are), and then the AAP parents were pissed about an unworkably large class (I certainly am, especially since DD has ADD).  LLIV can also screw over AAP and Gen Ed kids alike and create a toxic environment. [/quote]

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