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[quote=Anonymous]I don't know how you "fix" AAP to truly serve all the children both academically and socially.  There is a definite need for sadvanced academics at all levels without the issues of creating two separate groups of students.  I think the program is "broken."

I have 3 children and our base elementary school is a center school.  My oldest is now a college senior and my youngest in high school.  So I've been away from elementary school AAP for a couple of years.  But I saw first hand what it was like to have both an AAP kid and a Gen Ed kid in a center school.  I had one who qualified for AAP and two who did not.  While my children were in elementary school, I HATED the segregation.  The children knew who was in what class.  There were alot of "smart kids" "dumb kids" remarks.  My DS who was in the AAP class would come home in tears because he would get teased in PE class or on the playground by the GE kids (oh we don't want to play with you - you think you're so smart.)  My Gen Ed kid would come home in tears because he was "stupid" and couldn't be in class with his "smart" friends.

Then the kids all get to high school and they get to choose whether they take the Honors, AP, IB or regular classes.  Students/families get to self select if they want to be in advanced level classes in high school but they can't do that in elementary school.  Instead, they create two classes of students.

Yes, I realize when you're learning to read or add and subtract, its easier to group children who are at the same level together.  You want to challenge each child appropriately, whether that's at an advanced level or the child who needs more time/slower pace at the lower level.  But there has to be a better way than what is currently being done.[/quote]

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