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[quote=Anonymous]I have one kid at an elementary school center and two at the feeder neighborhood school.

For the two at the base school, at this point in their lives, the feeder is the best option for them.

For the one child at the center, the center is absolutely by far the best possible school situation for that child and many others.

Question for those of you talking about your non AAP kids getting bullied by AAP kids.  May I ask, are you talking about girls?

I have boys, and am around boys. I do not see bullying by the kids I am around (boys) from AAP kids to center kids.  I have seen normal peer to peer bullying that you will see in any AAP classroom (my kid experienced months of this). I have seen the typical cool kid bullying the week kid.  I have seen one instance of  the odd geeky kid in AAP get bullied not only from a few classmates., but also pushed around and bullied by non AAP kids who don't have classes with him but would target him in the halls, recess, etc.  This is a kid who likely would have been bullied in many different circumstances ufortunately. Thankfully the staff put an end to it as soon as they were made aware.

I have seen some typical elementary bullying by both AAP and non AAP kids at my kids school, but definitely tuink the bullying is far less in AAP for the geeky boys because they have peers and friends there.

I have not witnessed the kind of bullying by AAP kids to non AAP kids that is talked about in this thread.

BUT I have heard it mentioned, and always by the parents of girls.  Not once have I heard or seen the boys of AAP bullying or picking fights with boys who are mot AAP.

Is this more of a mean girl issue, compounded by AAP?  I really wonder if these kids are the type that would be bullying and excluding others, whether it be AAP, or soccer or dance or regular school.

Is anyone else witnessing AAP boys bullying non AAP boys? Because I am not seeing it, and I have both AAP and non AAP sons with a mix of friends from both programs.[/quote]

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