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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that local level IV in most schools is going to cause much more drama in far more areas of the county than the center programs ever could.

What you are going to have now, at most of the schools, is one small class of "smart" kids, and 2-3 classes of everyone else.[/quote]

I think most of what you describe already has current analogs:

[quote]The principal placement is going to cause SOOOOO much drama.  Can you hear the non stop complaints of how the queen bee, class mom, Miss PTA kids are all getting into the "smart" class because they volunteer/kiss up/lobby/bug the teachers and the principals?[/quote]

Complaints about candidates qualifying for AAP? Sounds familiar.

[quote]And this "smart" class is going to be roughly the same 15-24 kids, year after year, and their neighborhood kids are going to wonder why they can't be with their friends, why their friends get to be in that class and they don't, why does the school think their friend (principal placed) is so much smarter than everyone else, especially those kids who were placed by the principal.[/quote]

Complaints about disparate treatment between AAP and GenEd kids? Check.

[quote]The type of complaints you hear from people zoned for the center are going to be magnified 100X, and at every single school in the district.  I can't even imagine the drama when/if this plan goes into play.[/quote]

Community complaints and drama? Do tell.

[quote]The headaches for the teacher and staff, once the placement into the LLIV classes go from an outside committee (center model) vs completely at the discretion of the principal and staff (LLIV model) are just going to be over the top.  I can't imagine the amount of lobbying that is going to occur, especially in situations where there are 6-10 kids qualifying, and the school has to find 10-15 other students to place in the class.  It is not going to be pretty.[/quote]

Parents complaining about Principal decisions? Yup.

[quote]Completely eliminating the center model in favor of LLIV at every school will not be the bed of roses that some of you expect it to be.  What will most certainly happen, is that the AAP drama is going to spread at every school across the district, even happy schools, and it is going to be drawn out through the entire year, year after year, instead of just a quick bit of drama when the placement comes out in the spring.[/quote]

Forgive me for disputing the assertion that AAP drama is currently "quick."

[quote]In my opinion, the best idea is a mix of LLIV at places like Haycock where they have dozens of kids qualifying for Level IV placement and where they will likely be able to fill the LLIV class only with kids who qualify, and center schools for the rest of the county.[/quote]

Fair enough. I think capacity issues will force programmatic changes like these more frequently in the coming years.

We'll see.[/quote]

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