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[quote=Anonymous]It's the peer group example that makes center schools both good and bad. At the local center school, the GE and AAP are mixed for all specials, lunch, recess, field trips, math, and special projects. They are only separate for social studies, language arts, and science. For language arts, they are divided by ability groups. For LA and SS, the only difference in the curriculm is the occasional special project - about one per quarter. All the teachers in a grade frequently team teacher, with each teacher responsible for a section of material within a unit. Does being in a separate class half the day really add that much?

With all the mixing and the same curriculum, I don't understand how AAP could be so important, from a peer group perspective. Is it really worth all the resources FCPS is spending to divide kids into groups and then have them regrouped throughout the day?

What about the Level III students who need an academic peer group in only one subject?  Many of these students are outperforming the Level IV AAP students in their particular area. Taking the peer group out of the base schools really hurts those students. And why do Level IV students need a peer group when they perform academically the same, or worse, as the high performing GE? It appears they have an academic peer group within the GE population.

I just don't see [/quote]

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