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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Re:the limited number of spots
I don’t think it’s true, because my child’s center had significantly more AAP 5th graders than 4th or 6th, and they are constantly shifting teachers to different grade levels or from AAP to gen ed to accommodate the populations.

Also, why would enrollment caps make sense when you can just convert a gen ed classroom to an AAP one to handle the advanced learners?[/quote]

Because the AAP kids could be coming from feeder schools and not part of the center base population.  Then you would need two classrooms.  You just don't know where the kids will come from so you try and hold the numbers.  And the reason that AAP enrollment fluctuates in the different grades is because you can apply into the program at the different grades.  Most center schools have a different number in 4th, 5th, or 6th.  What you should be comparing is whether the 4 classrooms of 5th grade Level IV in your center school ever went to 5 classrooms and yet maintained the same number of GenEd classrooms.  If the answer is no to that question, rest assured there's a cap for each.  [/quote]

6th grade went from 3 to 4 classrooms, while gen ed remained at 3[/quote]

Which year, which center school?  Interesting, but I'm not sure this is repeatable or plausible given the program statistics.  Far less kids apply into 6th Level IV AAP services because those kids would have missed out on a lot of Advanced Math.  If the child is already getting Advanced Math, then what would be the point of going into AAP center elementary or middle school in 6th grade?  You can easily opt for honors classes in middle school and if you're in Advanced Math, you'll track to the same class options as the AAP kids.  So the logic doesn't work out, unfortunately.  That's part of the problem with an Anonymous forum.  Lots of people can post a lot of misinformation so for the parents of really bright kids, it would make sense if we all used our own analytical skills to decipher what makes sense and what doesn't.  [/quote]

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