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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a PP who wrote about a bunch of differences I see b/t my two kids schools (one AAP, one not).  It's not that the non-AAP school "sucks" -- it's a pretty normal school and people (parents, teachers, kids) seem pretty happy with it.  But, now that I see what is happening at the AAP school (re: expectations for the kids), I see that there IS a difference and the AAP school is a higher level.

I'm starting to see at the dinner table that my 3rd grader is using words that my 5th grader doesn't understand.  It's not b/c my 5th grader is lower level in reading/verbal.  5th grader actually scored in the 99th percentile and 3rd grader was more like 95th or 92% (based on local norms).  But, 3rd grader's teacher uses different words in explaining things and they have vocab words that are far above what my 5th grader is doing.

The 5th grader is getting a decent education, but we feel bad that she's still not getting as much as the 3rd grader.  If only the non-AAP school would up the ante a bit and challenge the kids a little more.  That would go a long way.[/quote]

New poster - thank you both posts very helpful. Would you be willing to share name of Aap school? Sounds like it has stellar teachers.[/quote]

It's not in the western part of the county -- those schools seem to be the focus of the aap discussion on DCUM.  I'll give you some hints... it's a school that is about 50% aap, and the 50% non-aap part is largely farms and esol... yet it still rates a "10" on greatschools.net.  [/quote]

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