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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here -

My original question, which was answered well, was how the other seats in a local level IV classroom are filled when there aren't enough center-eligible children to go around.  There are always children that didn't make the official cut yet are still capable of handling AAP IV, otherwise Local IV wouldn't make sense.

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I don't think this is correct and it isn't the point of local level IV (LLIV).

I think LLIV was intended to reduce the burden of the centers - and perhaps phase the centers out all together.  I think it is a good idea to provide LLIV as it keeps the kids from the neighborhood in the neighborhood schools.  Downside is that unless you have enough AAP population, you will have to overstaff the LLIV classroom (i.e. smaller class size = more instructional salary per student).

Apparently some schools are doing "principal placed" in-fill with non-AAP qualified students to minimize staff costs.  Perhaps they will relax the AAP entry hurdles in order to increase the AAP population to produce the same result.

Some schools just 'suffer' through small LLIV class sizes - some places are like 17 kids to a LLIV class - and have to justify the expense somehow with their higher ups.  For the students in that LLIV classroom, they will just benefit with more teacher attention at the expense of having a larger group of classmates and friends.[/quote]

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