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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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 a lot of the kids in AAP came from other schools 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]

Well, you aren’t going to feel the divide if all your kid’s friends are in gen ed. The problem is when your kids have friends in both gen ed and AAP. Also, not miffed about anything apart from having to set my alarm clock tomorrow morning.

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This sounds more like a problem specific to your child's peer group than a problem with Navy. I have not heard of anyone in real life complain about this. Kids are put into classes based on what they need. So what. Meet up with them outside of class. It's not like the kids in different Gen Ed classes are all hanging out together all day. If a friend in AAP makes a snarky comment about kids in Gen Ed, then they aren't much of a friend and have a lot to learn about life.[/quote]

It's not necessarily just the social thing - at my child's ES (none of these, I'm just reading because I'm curious), all of the ESOL kids are in Gen Ed, and it really lowers what they are taught. There's a huge divide.[/quote]

Not an issue at Navy. It's a very high SES school. The kids whose parents are not from the US are generally highly educated and speak English. The kids have strong skills in both English and their parents' native language. The issue you mention is very real at certain schools in FCPS but not others. It's why people should take DCUM comments on Gen Ed with a grain of salt. Some people who fret about Gen Ed are at schools where there are a lot of kids who are significantly behind. But that just isn't the case at the higher SES schools in the county.[/quote]

Navy clusters the special ed kids all together in one class. Once the AAP kids leave for their own class, it really is pretty awful. No ne wants to be in the special Ed class.[/quote]

Special ed as in kids with IEPs? Are there not kids with IEPs in AAP? Surely there are twice exceptional kids… [/quote]

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