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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I have a kid that was struggling in AAP, and I asked about moving him to GenEd. The school admin. said they usually don’t move the kids because of self-esteem issues and potential teasing about it from other kids. So we stuck with AAP, and this year he is doing fine.[/quote]
How nice.  They don’t seem to care at all about the self esteem issues or teasing of bright gen Ed kids who get rejected for AAP.   My DD had a group of three girls tell her that she wasn’t smart enough to be their friend, since they were all heading off to the center.   My DD had a 130 CogAT and 15 GBRS, and she was still teased because “she wasn’t smart”. [/quote]

I totally get your point and feel for you and your daughter. Kids can be mean, especially girls. 
It’s segregation in the center school, where kids from
AAP feel they are smarter than kids who are in Gen Ed. Even during recess AAP and Gen Ed kids don’t play together. I also know parents who prefer their AAP kid to play with, spend time with only AAP kids. 
I would have liked if there was a separate school for Gifted / AAP kids so that they don’t have the superiority complex and they are grounded. 
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