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[quote=Anonymous][quote][quote][quote]Size of base school plays a role--our school is very small and often has only 2 classes per grade: LLIV would turn into a "smart class" and a "dumb class" in each grade, not a good thing, IMO.
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Well this is exactly how center schools play out. My DC goes to one of the larger centers and while there are far more AAP classes (in fact, they outnumber the Gen Ed classes), there is the underlying - and false - assumption that the AAP classes are "smart" and Gen Ed "dumb". In fact, center schools only magnify this insanity and further the false division of students. It would be far less egregious if there was only one AAP class per grade, and the rest were all Gen Ed. Kind of like real life.
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In my son's case, he has two base school classmates that went with him to the Center. One Center-eligible classmate chose to stay at the base school. So he no longer goes to the Center school and has a Local Level IV class of four students?[/quote]

I wonder if they would consider multi-grade classrooms for these situations. One of my children was in a multi-grade classroom for part of elementary school, and it was a good experience. The younger group learned from the older group and the older group got to learn about and practice leadership skills. 
Mixed grade classrooms would enable schools to combine eligible kids from more than one grade into one class and would enhance learning in a number of ways. Four students per grade might be too few, but with 8-10 per grade a school could combine two grade levels with one teacher.
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