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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know someone whose kid was in general ed at Louise Archer and felt like they were second-class citizens.  They ended up moving and liking their non-AAP school better.[/quote]

Every family's experience is different, but I can say that in sixth grade at Archer, there is a big effort to help the[u] whole [/u]sixth grade bonds as a group. The sixth grade camping trip in the fall is designed to do just that - mix the kids so they get to know each other no matter whether they are AAP or general ed. And all sixth graders are required to participate in the sixth grade musical, which takes up a lot of the fall and winter, and they also bond over that. My kid is in AAP but knows tons of kids in general ed and they share many a joke based on those experiences they have had as a group. I spend a lot of time in the school volunteering, etc., and have a good impression that certainly in sixth grade there is a lot of interaction between AAP and general ed students, and that the teachers would not tolerate any "us versus them" talk from kids, at all. So that is a perspective from sixth grade AAP. And in our other years there, I didn't sense any big divide, and my child didn't ever mention it.

So, OP, when it comes to making choices -- which are still a few years off for you-- remember that each school's culture is different, each grade can be different from other grades in  a school in terms of "us versus them" or not, and you need to make the best choice depending on your whole family's needs. Everyone who posts here is reflecting different experiences.[/quote]

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