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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reading these posts, I don't see a lot of AAP parents who are saying mean things about Gen Ed kids-- but boy is it clear that there are a lot of Gen Ed parents who are very vocal about not wanting AAP kids in their school.  If you think your kids don't pick up on that attitude, you're wrong. Also, I've had kids in 3 FCPS schools at various levels, some AAP Centers and some LLIV a centers, and I have yet to run across a PTA a that isn't grateful for every parent volunteer-- AAP or Gen Ed.  If you want a say in how your school is run, show up and volunteer, instead of griping on DCUM. [/quote]

It's not a matter of not wanting AAP kids in our schools - but in many [i]centers[/i], AAP kids become the majority and the dynamic between them and the Gen Ed kids isn't healthy.  It's not right for Gen Ed kids to be looked at as if they're somehow "less than" simply because they are not as well-represented as their AAP counterparts.  AAP kids should never be a majority, at any school; they should be the exception to the rule.  [/quote]

So it's "healthy" to have Gen Ed kids outnumber AAP kids, but not vice versa?  Why? In both my DCs Centers (one ES one MS) the breakdown is something like 60/40 (with AAP being 60) for 3-6, but in the ES, a lot less than 50% AAP, considering the whole school.  In other words, there is a critical mass of both Gen Ed and AAP.  What's wrong with that?  At DDs slumber party, she had friends from her AAP class, from her GS troop (one was Gen Ed and I honestly don't know about the other) and her Science Olympiad partner (once again, not sure if Gen Ed or AAP). Oh yeah, and a Gen Ed friend from her base school. The classroom should be only one of several places healthy, well adjusted kids socialize, and the AAP/ Gen Ed distinction is only a big deal if the parents make it one.  In our house we don't, and I hate it when other parents get their nose out of joint and make her school environment unpleasant. She just wants to show up, learn, play her instrument (a big deal to her) and be friends with anyone (in school, extracurriculars, her sport, her strings class) who wants to be friends with her.  She certainly didn't ask to get put in the middle of  FCPS AAP politics and she shouldn't be made to feel unwelcome (and, FWIW, we kept her at the LLIV center until we moved.,but her new base school only has 3-4 AAP qualified kids per grade). [/quote]

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