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The only problem for the gen ed classes is often the AAP parents are more involved so they have more parental involvement.  That benefits both the AAP and non AAP children at the centers.[/quote]

I realize this is an old thread, but I'm going to comment anyway.  This is patently untrue at my child's center school.  The GE classes have always had more parent volunteers than the AAP classes.  One example comes to mind:  for the last field trip, one of the AAP classes had three chaperones cancel that morning, leaving that class scrambling at the last minute for extra chaperones.

I am one who absolutely agrees that AAP is simply a means of corraling the high-achievers into super-large classes.  These are not gifted kids.  They simply performed better on one crucial test and/or their parents lobbied and prepped to get them into AAP.  There is no need for special centers for high-achieving students, and in fact, it's become something of a joke at our school among the parents.  The center model was created to educate kids who otherwise could not be educated in a regular classroom.  That might apply to a tiny percentage of all children, but not the masses they are admitting into AAP in recent years.  The bar has been lowered to such an extent that there is nothing "gifted" about these kids whatsoever.  Unfortunately, the parents of AAP kids seem to be telling their children that they are smarter and generally more special (??) than the GE kids and some of these obnoxious children enjoy repeating these comments to their GE peers.  It's really sad that they have convinced themselves that they are somehow better and more entitled.  I volunteer in school on a weekly basis and the GE kids are smart, down-to-earth, and genuinely funny.  The AAP kids seem to be very literal, humorless, and dare I say it, arrogant.  They speak to others as if they are used to talking down to people, including adults.  Very off-putting.  [/quote]

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