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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK my husband says his understanding is that if they do away with AAP centers, there will be no Level IV anywhere.  I'm lost.[/quote]

Your husband is wrong. [/quote]

I think people get confused and think that only centers are Level IV and anything at the base school is level III, which is not the case.  The local level IV curriculum is supposed to be of the same caliber as the center program.  If it's different, it's an implementation issue rather than an issue of having a different curriculum because they are different levels.   [/quote]

The intended curriculum at LLIV is the same as the Level IV Center. The peer groups are different.[/quote]

The peer group was the original, and still most important, part of Level IV. The curriculum is a nice bonus, although many people have gotten too focused on the curriculum. So Local Level IV just isn't the same.[/quote]

The kids in local level IV are determined with the same standards.  The committee has no clue who will opt for the center and who will stay at the local level IV.  I'm not sure why the peer group would be so different in schools that can fill classes locally without having to include level III kids.  I think things will be fine if centers are eliminated.[/quote]

And if a school has, say 90-110 kids per class, how many schools can fill a whole class (say 28 kids) with level IV kids only?  Because you better be sure that GE parents are going to pitch a fit if the AAP class has 14 kids, while the GE classes have 30 (and they should). I'm sure a few in high achieving affluent school can qualify more than 25% of their kids, but I'd be shocked if more than 20% of the schools (say McLean, Vienne/Oakton, Herndon-- basically the Lonfellow, Thoreau, Carson zones) can really fill a class. Remember, unlike a MS or HS, an ES does not have 800 kids/grade to pull from. [/quote]

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