Our school told us that they don't have an equitable way to do pupil placement so they won't do them at all.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought it was an automatic thing that schools with local level IV programs routinely look for - which students should be placed by the principal in LLIV.

They just make sure those found eligible for Level IV are in those classes. If the school doesn't have enough Level IV kids to fill a class - they put other kids in, but those kids vary from year to year.

I was under the impression that since Level IV is funded by the state, there are strict requirements and acceptance by a committee. How is it that they can just put kids in due to space availability?

They need to fill the class. Those students aren't all in the IV program. Our school for example had 13 kids accepted. At least 9 are going to the center, leaving 4 students in the LLIV class. From a school perspective, they still need ~even classes, so 15-20 non IV students will be principal placed in the same class receiving the same curriculum as other IV students, even though they're not actually IV. This gives them the heads up in applying for future years.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was an automatic thing that schools with local level IV programs routinely look for - which students should be placed by the principal in LLIV.

They just make sure those found eligible for Level IV are in those classes. If the school doesn't have enough Level IV kids to fill a class - they put other kids in, but those kids vary from year to year.

I was under the impression that since Level IV is funded by the state, there are strict requirements and acceptance by a committee. How is it that they can just put kids in due to space availability?

This was 10 years ago, but our ES sent a letter over the summer asking if we wanted to accept a principal placement in the LLIV class. I’d never heard of that before (it was only the second year of LLIV at our school so no precedent) so I hadn’t requested it. It was offered mid summer and I had to accept or decline.

I asked my kids school and they told me they do not do pupil placements and they are a center.

They usually don't start offering these slots until mid July, especially if there are few places left to fill.

Just ask your principal. Or AART or the PTA

At our school, if you request the lliv rooms, you usually get them

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was an automatic thing that schools with local level IV programs routinely look for - which students should be placed by the principal in LLIV.

They just make sure those found eligible for Level IV are in those classes. If the school doesn't have enough Level IV kids to fill a class - they put other kids in, but those kids vary from year to year.

Contact your teacher, admin office, vp and principal. Every school has a different process for admittance. Typically they will also weigh the parental requests, even indirectly, so they don't have to deal with them later... As annoying as it sounds, other parents are doing this already. Send some innocent email asking what the process for decision is and how your dear child would benefit from the advanced curriculum.

I thought it was an automatic thing that schools with local level IV programs routinely look for - which students should be placed by the principal in LLIV.

Have you requested this or just hopeful ?

Do people find out about principal placement before the school year lets out?

What does this mean - if your kid is not eligible for Level IV, but are otherwise place in the class? AFAIK, you don't find that out until a few days before school starts when you find out the teacher.

For schools with local level IV, have you heard yet if your student has been school/principal-placed in the local level IV program?