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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]How is LLIV worse?

There are no issues with transportation. Kids are in their neighborhood school. The number of AAP kids does not overwhelm the school. [/quote]

I am not the poster you asked, but I've seen this work at 2 different LLIV schools. [b]What often happens is the LLIV class becomes the "smart" class. And when it is the same kids year after year, then absolutely all the kids in the grade know who is Level IV and who is not.[/b][b] Some schools mix for specials, etc. Our school also has math groupings where the kids in all classes change to a math class at their level, but what typically happens is a few kids go into the LLIV class for math.

Also, if there are not enough Level IV kids to have a full class, the rest of the class is principal placed in some fashion. It can get very ugly when some parents are resentful their kid is not in the LLIV class.

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Regarding the bolded, do you somehow think this dynamic is better at a center, where there are [b]multiple[/b] AAP classes per grade, year after year?  This just compounds the entire issue!  Not only do all the kids know who's in the AAP classes, but they also know who's not - and those kids are looked down upon as being "less-than."  Of course, certain AAP parents will now chime in saying that's just not true!  It must be the parents who are insecure!  But the truth is, unless you have a Gen Ed student who has to attend a center, you have absolutely no credibility.  Only parents with children in Gen Ed attending a center will know this is true, because their kids are the ones telling them about it.[/quote]

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