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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You didn't answer my questions. 
What resources? 
How would general education students benefit from having advanced students down the hall rather than in another buildong?

Oh - here's a few more:

How much would redrawing boundaries to adjust for moving students back to their neighborhoods cost?
Do parents advocating for this change realize it might require moving their children to different schools?[/quote]

I'm not the PP, but I think most Level IV programs are run where the high performing GE students can push into the classes. Bringing back the Level IV students would provide a peer group for the high performing GE students. The curriculm would be more of a continuum, less of a divide between GE and AAP, and more like how high schools are run.

Moving the Level IV students out of the centers would also add balance to the centers. Many schools have issues with the AAP vs. GE divide. Whether actual or perceived, GE students feel like they are less smart than AAP.  My GE kid told me he used to think he was smart until he found out he wasn't in AAP. We have to actively work on his academic self-esteem.  Since five classes in his grade are AAP and only two are GE, it can be difficult to get him to understand he is still smart. [/quote]

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