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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Lots of interesting discussion. I am still concerned about the original question.  It seems like the difference between gen ed vs. AAP really boils down to the school. My gen ed kid (as well as my AAP kid) will continue to get some supplementation outside of school.  At this point, I just want to make sure she is prepared for MS and HS.  [/quote]

Your kids will be prepared for Middle School and High School regardless of what program they were in in ES.

[quote]Not PP but several parents have said that they have noticed that gen ed kids get treated a certain way by the AAP kids. Just because it is not your experience, doesn't mean it does not happen. Don't be so quick to dismiss others because it is not something that you have experience with...[/quote]

And this would happen without different classrooms. We do not have a Local Level IV program but the kids can identify who is in Advanced Math and Level III. Why? They are grouped together in the same class so it is easy to pull those kids at the same time. Are we doing away with Advanced Math and Level III now? the kids know that there is a difference.

Heck, the kids know who went to the AAP Center and came back, because they see that the kid is not there one or two years and then back for a year or two. This happens pretty regularly at our base school.

Oh, and the kids know who is being pulled for work with one of the specialists, they even know which specialist because the Teacher comes to the room to get the kids.

There is no easy solution. Kids need differentiation that is not always achievable in the main classroom. Some kids need more help with reading or math and see the specialist. Some kids need speech. Some kids need more advanced work. The main Teacher cannot do it all.

Keep the AAP kids in the main class and you will end up with a class full of the kids getting those services, see Advanced Math and Level III at my kids school. Essentially, you create the AAP class at the school because those kids are going to be grouped together so that they can receive the additional supplementation that they need.

Same issue, there will be a group of kids who are not designated to receive those services. Parents will be miffed that their kid is not in the advanced group because that is where the kid belongs. The school has a different opinion. Now the parents are upset because the kid is not being pulled out with the other kids for Advanced Math or Level III instead of being mad that the kid is not in the AAP classroom.

Teachers cannot accommodate the needs of all the kids in their class. There are going to be groupings and there are going to be parents miffed that their kid is not in the top group. And there are going to be parents who think their kid is super special because they are in the top group. And there are going to be kids who are upset that they they are not in the top group. Most parents and kids could care less about being in the top group. [/quote]

we have local level IV and the non-level IV kids taking advanced math are actually pretty cruel to the level IV kids who struggle in math. Both groups know who is and who isn't level IV [/quote]

Why are level IV kids struggling in advanced math?  This is why there should simply be flexible groupings.  A kid many be advanced in some subjects but not all.  That would allow everyone to move into and out of groups as needed.[/quote]

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