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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was my question below. Not a gripe or jealousy over AAP eligibility. I have two children in AAP - it's a good program, but there's more to life and what makes a child a well-rounded, intelligent contributing member of society. My one who is not Level IV (he was Level III, ridiculous labels!) successfully participated in "local level IV" throughout ES and understandably wonders now why he can't continue with "local level IV," as he is not attending a center. It's not a matter of paying for extra field trips or asking to participate in additional projects, as other posters mention...principal made clear that if one is not centrally eligible for AAP, no matter how long or well they did as a Level IV principal designee, they are flat out barred from participating in the program at Cooper. Of course they can still do Honors, but the AAP kids are being kept in their own bubble for the most part, as they would in a center. I gather it had to be done this way to attract the Level IV students to Cooper rather than them leaving for Kilmer or Longfellow centers. Apparently, many of those parents would not have placed their kids at Cooper if there had not been a separate and exclusive Level IV program. Just not sure it is a legitimate application of local level IV when a school is not a center.

"Has anyone else heard of or experienced this at Cooper? How is this permissible, if Cooper is not a center? At best, they can arguably be running a "local level IV" program, but if that's the case, how can they restrict students who were local level IV students at the elementary level from participating?"

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+1 on reapplying for AAP this year. Strong GBRS and report cards, as well as letters from his/ her last couple teachers saying DC is doing well with the program ought to carry a lot of weight-- especially if DC was strong enough the first time to be offered LLIII services.

Also +1 on each LLIV program being it's own fiefdom. The rules vary widely from school to school and year to year within a school. In our LLIV school, there are some years when they split the class and add 20 kids, and others when a class of 16 get no principal placements-- even though average class size is 27 or so for GE. But when our school principal places kids, it works hard to get them fully admitted to level IV for MS-  And usually manageS for 90% of the kids. If your child has done well for 4 years, your ES should go to bat for you on this.  Talk to the teacher, principal and AARTS not, while we are in the parent referral period. [/quote]

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