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[quote=Anonymous]There are honors classes that all kids can choose to take in Middle School so the AAP issue becomes less important. And All High Schools have AP or IB programs.

AAP is most important for parents whose kids are at schools that are not as strong, like the Title 1 schools or schools with a larger ESOL cohort. I have friends who bought houses in a neighborhood that had Title 1 schools. They knew it when they bought it, with younger kids, and didn't think it would be that big of a deal. After Kindergarten and First grade they are desperate, their word not mine, to get their kids into a different school. They have applied for language immersion programs, magnet programs, and AAP. They love the bigger house that they can afford but the schools are not good.

Then you have the TJ or bust families who see AAP as the path to Algebra in 6th or 7th grade, Geometry in 7th or over the summer after 7th, in order to increase their kids chances of being accepted into TJ.

Everyone is concerned about how their kid is doing and what services they are receiving. Talking with parents at the pool, the parents of kids with IEPs are upset because their kids are not getting the services they think the kids deserve, the parents of kids who are ahead think that their kid is not challenged enough, and the parents of the kids in the middle argue that their kids don't get any special resources because everything is directed to the kids with IEPs or AAP.  No one is completely happy.

It doesn't help that some parents see AAP as a feather in their kids cap.

Involved parents will do their best to help their kids succeed in school and be well prepared for college or a career regardless of the program that the kid is in. [/quote]

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