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Plus to a center... more  sections (3-4 AAP classes vs 1).

I would hate for my kid to stay with the same 24-30 kids for 4 years. Having more sections gives the opporutnity to mix the clasees up each year and the kid to make more friends/relationships (important in the elementary school years) and helps with transition to Middle School.

With multiple sections, the teachers can do team teaching. One teacher admitted that she loved it because she wasn't as strong in math (she knew it but enjoyed teaching Science instead). So she taught science 3x a day and another teacher taught History and another math. All teachers taught English/Reading, I think. My kid loved changing classes.

Now my DS is in Middle School and knows *so many* kids... from the neighborhood, from 2nd - 3rd grade, and from School (AAP). 
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That's a really interesting point. We are making the decision between Wolftrap and Archer. But, I guess the same would be true with Wolftrap as with Flint Hill. The kids are with the same classmates for four years. I had not considered this. I also did not realize that Louise Archer does team teaching. [/quote]

Wolftrap does not keep the children all together for the entire day like Flint Hill does. The kids there mix classes for specials, science, and social studies and the entire grade eats and has recess together. Of course they are all Wolftrap boundary kids, but there are at least 80-100 kids per grade there. Flint Hill is a little more segregated with their AAP program.[/quote]

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