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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Very bright kids can be damaged by not being challenged enough and by not getting an education that addresses their needs. 
How do we help those kids while avoiding a lot of the problems such as elitism noted in the thread?

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A good start is keeping them in the same school. Different classes, maybe, but the same school. [/quote]

I'm not sure having different classes solves the separatism issue, isn't that still segregating the kids? 
I don't know what the right answer is.  I didn't know about AAP before I moved here (my kids were 3 and 1 at the time).  Like anything, there are pros and cons, and I am just trying to work within the system that's already here.  In general, I try to remind myself that free and public is not synonymous with totally perfect for every kid.

Somehow part of the problem may also be SOLs. I think schools use a lot of resources trying to get as many kids to pass those, and perhaps pay less attention to those who are already able to pass, if not put into an AAP type program.  I'm not 100% sure, but it's a thought. [/quote]

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