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[quote=Anonymous]I volunteer in the classroom/at school a lot. We are at a center school on the eastern side of the county. Our pyramid is not high SES (compared to the western part of the county), but the neighborhood that houses the center school is one of the more well-off neighborhoods in the pyramid (again—this is comparatively).

The difference between the Gen Ed kids and the AAP kids at our school is night and day. High ESL, behavioral issues, and a lot of blank stares. Maybe the Gen Ed curriculum is fine, but if it’s being presented in a classroom of kids who aren’t equipped to learn, no one is going to learn it.

At our school, the “average/bright” neighborhood kids need access to the AAP classroom to escape what’s happening in Gen Ed. Those kids who are denied full time AAP end up going to the local Catholic school, which makes the difference between AAP and Gen Ed even more stark.

I think in a higher SES area you have fewer disruptions in a Gen Ed classroom, which means there is likely not a huge difference between Gen Ed kids with LIII pull-outs and full-time LIV kids.

On the western side of the county, OP’s child (whose math score is low) would be fine in Gen Ed with a pull-out. On the eastern side, I would push hard for AAP.[/quote]

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