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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of people move in-bounds for AAP centers thinking their kids will be accepted and  it doesn’t happen. It can actually be harder to get in when the center is your base and there are no principal placements like there often are at schools with local level IV.

At some AAP centers there can be an unhealthy dynamic between the AAP and non-AAP kids. The kids know who does and doesn’t make it, which isn’t great for the self-esteem of kids who might see all their friends head off to the “smart class”.[/quote]

Is the latter really true though or is it something the parents project? Like at schools like Mantua, is there a dynamic like that? Seems like a lot of kids there are doing some advanced work (LII and LIII) if not in LIV.[/quote]

The LII kids are likely not doing anything  above what everyone else is doing, fyi. It might mean a few different worksheets. LIII is not even markedly different with the exception of the math pull out.

You seem to be putting a lot of your emphasis on AAP. Only the top 10% scoring students in each school are placed in-pool for AAP, and even if your kid isn’t in pool, you can parent refer to the pool. None of these schools will give you a leg up on gaining admission to LIV over another. If your kid doesn’t get into LIV at Mantua or CWES, they won’t have the opportunity to be principal placed into the LIV class. At a non-center school, the principal has that discretion. Some schools don’t have a LLIV class and use the cluster model. 
I only have experience with CWES— both kids AAP. We have been generally pleased with the community feel and have had zero issues.[/quote]

But if many people buy in CWES and Mantua zone for AAP, then it'll likely harder to get in (top 10% will be higher achieving than the non-center school).

No experience of ingroup/outgroup stuff between gen ed and AAP at CWES? Are the kids entirely separated or do they have lunch, specials together? [/quote]

Pretty sure both groups have recess, lunch, and specials together at Mantua.

As far as the dynamic is concerned, I haven’t noticed any issues but my kids are both in AAP. Not sure if the non-AAP kids would feel the same or not. [/quote]

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