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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there are also some kids who maybe were on the border of being AAP eligible (maybe made the screening pool but not the ultimate cut) that would be able to be added to these classes without any negative effect (and likely some positive effect) on the program. In other words, I highly doubt there would only be 11 kids per grade.[/quote]

The concerns of 11 kids per AAP grade is exact what your proposal is, but with the negative effect. What's the purpose of AAP program? To provide the eligible kids with advanced education with faster pace. To make the matter simpler, say AAP eligible kids are one step ahead of the general ed kids. (To argue about that, there will be another 10 threads discussion). If say in a class with 30 kids, 11 are advanced, while 19 are general ed. What the teacher will do? Ignore the struggle of the 19 general ed kids, and keep the pace with the 11 AAP kids? Or slow down to match the 19 general ed kids? First scenario, the 19 general ed kids will fail and be miserable. Second scenario, it will lose the point of AAP center. If you argue the 19 kids will be borderline, then that's practically lowering the AAP standards for the small centers, while the bigger center still hold higher standards. That's another kind of discrimination. That's discriminating against the AAP eligible kids in lower income neighborhoods.[/quote]

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