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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]AAP goes out the door in 7th grade. I have had kids in both programs. When your child is young and the "first kid", this seems to be when most parents are more anxious about getting into AAP.. By the time they get to middle school and certainly high school you realize it wasn't worth the stress. One "possible" perk could be peer group but I will say, my middle child did not have the positive peer group in AAP that my older one did. So, at least for me, my belief is that is just depends on the class year as a whole. Youngest is not in AAP at a center and all has been fine. In fact it has been the smallest AAP class this school has had. 3rd grade GE teacher incorporated  a ton of "AAP" curriculum-could be teacher dependent. Things seem to be really changing.[/quote]

Funny, for our pyramid, 7th and 8th being separated is the biggest benefit [/quote]

Yes. My kid can attend a better middle school due to AAP. Way less problems, drugs, behavior issues. More academic focus and kids on the right track. Thank God for AAP![/quote]Then go to high school with those you done want in your middle school.[/quote]

Nope, by then my kid will be in mostly AP classes and will rarely have to see those kids.[/quote]

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You do realize in high school, AP classes are open to all?  Get a clue.  Many former GE kids outshine their former AAP peers in high school.  Brace yourself!
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LD kids will be in AP classes? Doubtful. [/quote]

+1 or kids who can’t read/write? They won’t be in any of my kids’ core classes, sorry. No matter how much you like to parrot “but they’re open to anyone!” No, the reality is only certain types of students can handle those classes. A kid who can’t read isn’t signing up for an AP class. [/quote]

We’re not talking about “a kid who can’t read.”  We’re talking about all the bright, formerly GE kids who were indistinguishable from your AAP kid.  They will all be in the same advanced classes in high school. [/quote]

Well I am. I’m talking about kids who can’t read, special Ed, major issues. In AAP in elementary, and to an extent in middle, you get away from those kids. They won’t be in your classes. That is part of the draw of AAP in Elementary for many parents. And this will continue in high school. Those kids will never join honors of AP classes. [/quote]

Interesting. [b]Most of the poorly behaved kids at our elementary school are in AAP[/b].  I feel sorry for those teachers.[/quote]

You’d like to think that to make yourself feel better but it just isn’t true. Teachers love teaching the AAP class. They have fewer behavioral issues and more kids who can do and have great family support and want to learn! They don’t have nearly as many IEP or 504 meetings to prepare for and sit in on. It is just so much easier teaching the AAP kids. 
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Hoo boy... here is someone who clearly doesn't have a clue what they're talking about.  There is a much greater likelihood of an AAP kid having an IEP or 504 than a GE kid.  Ask me how I know - my sister is an AAP 4th grade teacher and has told nightmare stories about some of the kids she has in her class.  Every day, the principal has to take at least one or two out in the hall and let them have it.  Their behavior is abysmal.  Much more so than in the GE classes.  My sister said she regrets getting the extra credential which allow her to teach AAP - it's just not worth it.[/quote]

Well gosh darn it, if your sister says it, it must be true for all. Lol.[/quote]

Actually, I have a couple AAP teacher friends and they say the same. Further, as someone who has volunteered in the ES for years (in both classes) the AAP kids have their own challenges. [b]Hyper competitive. Overly focused on what's fair/not. Hyper-focused on rules. Stressed due to expectations of perfection.[/b] In short, many of them are really, really hard to deal with.[/quote]

This is very true, but on the whole, AAP is easier to teach because you can move at a faster pace, the range of abilities isn’t as wide, and there are very little IEP meetings to attend. It is actually pretty rare to have the chair thrower in AAP. Also, parental support is extremely high. And having a friend who teaches isn’t the same as actually teaching. You don’t know how honest your teacher friend actually is considering you were also in the schools volunteering. Volunteers really don’t know everything.[/quote]

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