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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^But I am the Great Unwashed because I don't live in McLean, Vienna, or Great Falls.[/quote]

You pay to play[/quote]

Not the PP, but I live in Vienna/Great Falls/McLean and am definitely "paying".  However, my kids aren't in AAP.  So I'm not sure what it is my family is getting out of living in this area, since my kids have to attend a center school, yet don't benefit from it at all.

I guess the point is, it really doesn't matter what part of the county you live in; if your kids are in Gen Ed, yet still have to attend a center, it's the worst of all worlds.  Whatever happened to the smallish, neighborhood school?  Certainly, when we moved to this area, we weren't expecting our kids to have to attend a center.  That came to us, after we had been living here for several years.  We'd be thrilled if there were no more centers, at least in this part of the county where there is no need for them whatsoever.  [/quote]

The centers aren't needed in your area.  At least the AAP doesn't wreak havoc on the class size or staffing like immersion.  Stuff like 35 in an English only class and 14 [or even less]in immersion.  My kids were at various centers but the worst special program impact I ever heard was from multiple parents at a  base school[b] with immersion[/b] where students were treated like third class citizens. [/quote]

I edited my post.  One base elementary school had a great plan where 4-6 changed rooms [ 3 or 4 sections based on levels] for math and did some in class regrouping for language arts.[/quote]

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