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[quote=Anonymous]Here's what I think is also behind more and more kids getting designated as AAP. Please don't think I'm being insensitive or racist.  One of the reasons we chose our neighborhood is the diversity in our school. More kids seem to stand out as advanced now, when they wouldn't have before, because they are being compared to the large number of kids in their class who are still learning English.  I know many parents in my neighborhood who brag about how far ahead their children are based solely on the fact that their child seems bored.  The reason the child seems bored is because teachers are teaching to the SOL tests and must go slowly and repeat themselves to help the English learners.

Moms tell me their child is in the top of the class and think that means their kid should go to a center but really that child seems like the top of the class because at our school 70% of kids are ESL students.  (Obviously this isn't the case at every school but more and more schools have this profile.) I'm NOT saying the English learners aren't smart and talented too, of course they are, they just aren't comfortable with English yet. Two of my friends have rising 2nd graders and are already super intense kabout getting their kids into the center.  Neither of these kids is above grade level in any area and they would NEVER stand out at a school like Mantua or at a school in McLean.  [/quote]

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