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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]There is almost zero interaction with general education kids[/quote]

AAP is evil. Sorry, not commenting on this particular Center. But AAP is just evil. It goes against everything that public education should stand for.[/quote]

I am a big believer in public education.  I don't see that AAP conflicts with that.  [/quote]

AAP provides opportunities for kids who are capable of a faster paced curriculum. We can argue over who belongs in it and what over lap there is with the Gen Ed population but there are kids who clearly need a faster paced curriculum, just like there are kids who need additional support as is provided to kids with SN.

But the divide between AAP kids and Gen Ed kids sounds a lot like the divide people at my kids base school complain about with the language immersion program. The kids in LI do not have specials or the like with the GE kids. It feels like two different programs in the school and the older grades in LI seem to develop an attitude that they are "better" then the kids in Gen Ed because they are learning a language and the same stuff as the Gen Ed kids. Parents try and stop that, there is no test to get into LI, your parents enter a lottery. Kids who move in after first grade are not able to join LI because of the language component.

When groups are divided, for whatever reason, there are going to be people who make a big deal out of it and try to make the other side feel lesser. It is BS and it is up to the adults to correct the attitude. That doesn't mean that the programs do not have their own benefits and should be removed. It means that the parents and teachers need to make sure that their kids understand that different does not equal better.[/quote]

+1 +1
"Fair isn't everyone getting the same thing.  Fair is everyone getting what they need in order to be successful"[/quote]

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