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There are other posters who will tell you that their 140+ or 135+ IQ DC is being well served by the AAP program (including my older DC, fwiw).  I'm not sure I'd take that I'd take that post as gospel.  Experiences vary.
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It's all school dependent.  Some AAP centers teach to the lowest common denominator within AAP and then ignore the kids who are years beyond that.  Other schools make a point of challenging the top kids.  Some of the high IQ kids in the first type of school are still happy and act as if they're being served well, because they enjoy spending all day talking to their friends rather than learning much of anything.

Maybe the best metric for figuring out what type of AAP center you're zoned to is getting data on how many students return to the base school or drop down to gen ed after a year.  My kids' center is a lowest common denominator center, and no one ever washes out to the base school or to gen ed.  Tons of kids leave for private, though.  That's a pretty strong sign that the school is catering to the bottom at the expense of the top.   [/quote]

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