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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, really not as concerned about STEM/STEAM as I am about the community and whether the school is well regarded and families like it there. There are a couple schools that get brought up in this forum a lot and fortunately those are in areas we can't afford to live in, I just want to make sure we're avoiding schools like that where parents get all up in arms about AAP vs General Ed, or are racists, or things like that. We are a mixed race family (half Asian/half white), and I hope we'd be welcomed in these communities, I think there are decent sized asian/south asian populations?[/quote]

You might want to avoid Navy then. The AAP vs Gen Ed culture is real and sadly I feel like it’s ruined the experience for us. The teachers are great, but when you split everyone into  “the smart kids” and “the not smart kids”, and everyone knows who is in which class, you’re setting yourself up for a not so great learning experience. If we had a choice, we would have chosen Fox Mill. It’s a super tight knit community and everyone (parents, teachers, kids) are lovely. If you value community, those are your people. [/quote]

Thank you, this is really good to know - definitely don't want the us vs. them AAP vs. Gen Ed, I don't like that at all.[/quote]

My child is in Gen Ed at Navy and we don’t feel a divide at all. My kid’s friends are pretty much all in Gen Ed and [b]a lot of the kids in AAP came from other schools[/b] so it’s not like my kid knew them anyway. I suspect these complaints are coming from parents who feel miffed that their child is not in AAP. Maybe it depends on the grade but what PPs are saying just does not match our experience or anyone else we k or at Navy. [/quote]

That’s a complete lie. Navy is a unique center school in that the only kids that come to the center are from Navy itself or Crossfield. And since Crossfield has a local level IV, a lot just choose to stay there. Navy AAP center does not pull from any other schools.[/quote]

This. Tons of Navy kids are in AAP. The fact that the previous poster even suggested that makes me question the authenticity of the post. [/quote]

Has that changed with the new AAP rules?[/quote]

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