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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Plus, by the time kids start high school, the playing field is even once again.  No one remembers or cares who was/wasn't in AAP and students are free to choose whichever class level they prefer.  Being in AAP during elementary and middle school has no bearing on high school students' success. [/quote]

I couldn't disagree more. The appropriateness of a child's early educational experiences has a great deal to do with his or her success in high school. [/quote]

I disagree.  My two sons didn't come alive academically until late middle school when they surged by AAP kids they have continued to outpace in high school.  With active boys in particular, I think having the focus to sit still for 6-7 hours/day often doesn't come until then.  And I would not have had it differently.[/quote]

Very true in our experience as well.  By high school, many of the previously AAP kids are burned out and kids who were "just" in Gen Ed during elementary school often have a surge at that point.  AAP is just a label -- kids will succeed (or not) based on many other factors.[/quote]

Exactly what do you think would "burn out" an AAP kid? It's not rocket science that they're teaching. It's just the same old word study homework crap they do in gen Ed.

I have one kid at an AAP center, and one at our base school, and in all honesty, the gen Ed kid has more homework. [/quote]

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