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[quote=Anonymous]It's possible to get local level 4 for that sort of school, but the bigger issue is why you (or the principal or the school community would want it under those circumstances).

If there are 50 kids transferring out for AAP, then that means about 12 kids per grade.  Some of those kids will still choose to go to the center even if your local school get LL4.  Does it really do much good for there to be 6 AAP-qualified kids per grade?  Wouldn't they be better off in a center where the whole classroom is "AAP qualified"?

And what will the principal do to fill the rest of the class?  She or he will have to pick another 20 kids who did not get invited to AAP based on their test scores.  Now that grade will have "the smart class" and the "other" class(es).  Parents will be campaigning to get their kids into the smart class.  And the teacher probably won't be doing what they are doing over at the center and won't have the synergy of having other teacher peers in that grade level... etc.

You have to think through the logistics and the incentives.  Just because there are 50 kids going to the AAP center does not mean that they will all stay at the local level 4 school if you get that program.  Some people value the energy of the peer group and the teachers having experience with AAP and mutual support in planning AAP lessons.[/quote]

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