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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just eliminate buses for AAP centers. I've got one kid in AAP and one not in the program.  I don't like how it's truly the haves and have nots (even though we benefit for one kid). I'd be in favor of eliminating the Center model and encouraging more differentiation within the classrooms.  I don't think the AAP kids are special needs in that they actually require separate classrooms.  The very gifted kids are a small percentage of those admitted[/quote]

Agreed.  So what happens to the "very gifted kids?"  I have one in APP that is "very gifted" and one that is too young for AAP, but I'm pretty certain will make it in based on scores and classroom performance.  Youngest doesn't really [b]need it[/b] and would do fine at base school with pull outs or classroom differentiation.  Oldest will not do well at all with just pull outs or classroom differentiation.  I really hope they consider these kids when making this decision.[/quote]

How exactly won't the old one not do well? Are you worried the commoner kids will pollute his mind?[/quote]

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying!  I'm glad you're getting it now!!  I even told DH that we need to add on to our house so we can separate our two kids.  I wouldn't want the oldest to deal with the commoner kid she has as a brother!  She's too good for that!

Wow - seriously?  Get a grip.  My children are friends with many kids through all of the different aspects of their life - friends from sports, friends school, friends from the neighborhood, friends that are kids of our friends, etc.  You are making an ignorant judgment.

She has an extremely high IQ and a photographic memory.  I'm not bragging, trust me, it would be EASIER if she wasn't this way.  For the lessons she is getting at school, she only hears/reads it once and she aces all of the tests without studying.  She does extra research for fun.  She reads a book in 1-2 days.  She taught herself to read at 3.  She is different than her brother and different than most kids we know, IN THIS ASPECT.  Material is reviewed too slowly and  and in too little depth for her, so she either tries to learn way more about the subject and make up projects or she checks out and does something completely different.  Also, socially, it's nice for her meet friends similar to her.  She is not motivated by grades or accolades, which is the typical gen ed class structure, so she is frustrating to many teachers.  The AAP teachers at her school have a completely different take on her and treat her much differently.  She is much happier and receiving an education much more suited to her needs.  She is strong academically across the board, not just in one or two subject areas so I don't think pull-outs in a base school would be a great fit for her unless you pulled her out for every academic class, in which case that's basically what happens in AAP.  In AAP, they combine the gen ed classes with the AAP classes for specials and lunch/recess.  So, what would be the difference, except trying to make teachers at a base school figure out what the AAP teachers already have down?  She's made friends from the combined classes and aftercare that seems to have other interests she has - music, art.  Just like adults, you are typically friends with people that you have similar interests in common with, so do kids.  So, why shouldn't she have a peer group closer to her abilities while in academic classes?  She didn't have that at her base school.

She was showing other kids and teachers what she's learned or working on, so she either was helping other students or was sent to the reading corner to read most of the day.  This is NOT a productive way for my child to spend 7 hours a day when the objective for ALL students is to learn throughout the day.  Before it's said, I'll agree that a lot can be learned by helping others.  She sees this benefit in sports.  She's not as strong as a lot of kids in team sports and likes when other kids help her out.  However, she does help other people out (with academics) like her brother, like classmates in AAP and outside (in aftercare) but I don't think she should be responsible for doing that throughout the entire day in school.

If you were an MD and took a job as a receptionist at a medical office, don't you think you would get bored and frustrated after awhile?  If you're kid was amazing at baseball and there was no travel team don't you think they'd get bored after awhile running basic drills over and over and over without learning new things for years?

It's just like with a SN kids on the lower end of the spectrum.  If you don't have a child like this, you can't understand, but thank you for your judgment.

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