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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your last line is my whole point. We need more middle school program because there are kids who could really benefit from a different program who don't have access now.

You're getting sidetracked by a side debate with yourself about whether parents know their kids learning styles. [/quote]

More middle school programs will not get all the middle schoolers into the programs that best suit them. Everyone benefits from smaller schools and smaller classes; so just more middle schools accomplish that for everyone. More special middle school programs merely make matching students and learning styles more complex and result in more PARENTS trying to get their kids into AN option program - any of them, not necessarily according to their learning needs, just as long as they get one.

The parent argument is not a diversion. Teachers should be part of the determination as to whether a student would particularly benefit from a particular program. Parents have what they want for their kids foremost in their opinions; teachers have more objective experience and knowledge about students and their learning styles.  "Kids who could really benefit from a different program who don't have access now" don't have access because students who don't need the program are taking the seats.  More kids who could really benefit would get the access without adding more programs if we filled the existing programs with the right students.[/quote]

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