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[quote=Anonymous]I’m sorry, OP. Our base school uses the stupid cluster too. They had seven 3rd grade classes and put 4-5 level iv kids in each one, in addition to every other level of ability and need.

It’s so much stress for the teachers. It is now 5 levels of required differentiation instead of 4. It is better for those borderline kids who now have the ability to try harder stuff sometimes, but worse for the other 90% who now get even less teacher focus.  Staff has to go to extra training to all be certified to teach advanced academics, and those who were certified need extra support to teach basic skills to below grade level learners. Teachers are actively trying to leave schools that are doing this type of program because it is so. Much. Work.

Is this new this year at your school? Are you new to aap as a 6th grader? I guess at this point you just suck it up until middle school when you’ll get self contained core classes again if you go to the center. (And you should. Honors at a base school is basically the cluster model all over again)[/quote]

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