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[quote=Anonymous]I've been wondering which option might be better socially for children who are bright but perhaps not off the charts.  Do parents think their children at AAP centers develop close friendships or is it just less stressful for them socially because there are more children similar to them?  I'm not sure I want my DC to only interact with only AAP children all day, but then having only one class of the same students for four years could be limiting too even though this happens all the time in private schools.  It just seems that when you have to spend time traveling to school, meeting children who live further away from where you live, having to start this new school in 3rd grade, and having to switch classes each year, you'd tend to develop fewer close friendships than if you just stayed at the base school.  It would almost be like going to a large private school.  What do parents think about the social aspects of a local level IV class that tends to have a lot of AAP participants?  Our base school is Wolftrap which I think has enough AAP students to fill a class or at least close to one class.[/quote]

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