Anonymous wrote:I didn't know this was a thing. Can someone elaborate?

I don't know what cluster means in the OP, but at certain schools that offer local level IV, they don't have enough kids to fill a class will all AAP LLIV kids, so there are other kids in the class. And if you knew anything about AAP, and that was something you cared about, you have to select to attend the center at those school if you want AAP kids only in the class.

I'm sure your snowflake will survive, OP.

If you care about that type of thing - you have to attend a center.

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Anonymous wrote:It's weird. For an AAP parent, you are uninformed. Didn't you go to local LIV school meeting or do some research before placing them at your local school?

It's a thing that only works in affluent schools. At our school, it is doomed to fail and parents are leaving in droves. I was assured there would be enough AAP kids in the class but from the looks of it, it's a mix and looks like any gen ed classroom. A total cluster that renders the LEVEL IV designation meaningless. I don't understand how teachers are supposed to handle this.

Are you certain your child isn't switching classes for math or ELA? Or that the teacher isn't implementing AAP in small groups lessons?
It's awfully early in the school year (ie, SCHOOL HASN'T EVEN STARTED!) to decide that it's a total cluster.

Anonymous wrote:It's weird. For an AAP parent, you are uninformed. Didn't you go to local LIV school meeting or do some research before placing them at your local school?

It's a thing that only works in affluent schools. At our school, it is doomed to fail and parents are leaving in droves. I was assured there would be enough AAP kids in the class but from the looks of it, it's a mix and looks like any gen ed classroom. A total cluster that renders the LEVEL IV designation meaningless. I don't understand how teachers are supposed to handle this.

Anonymous wrote:I didn't know this was a thing. Can someone elaborate?

Do you mean the cluster model?

A few years ago, FCPS decided to roll out Local Level IV to every single elementary school, including those who had previously decided they didn't want it. It was phased in over 3 years (I think the pandemic extended this or maybe I miscounted). Principals could choose to have "regular" Local Level IV with one (or two?) AAP class per grade from 3rd to 6th. Some principals instead chose a cluster model where the admitted Level IV students are scattered among all the classes in the grade and either all the students receive "AAP" or the Level IV students receive "push-in AAP". Advanced Math is separate from all of this, fwiw, and can include switching classes or push-in teaching.

It's weird. For an AAP parent, you are uninformed. Didn't you go to local LIV school meeting or do some research before placing them at your local school?

I didn't know this was a thing. Can someone elaborate?

Anonymous wrote:Don't be so sure your kid will be smarter or a better student than the push in kids

Not sure you understand what "cluster school" means. It doesn't mean push-in, or rather it's the LIV kids who get push-in services.

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Anonymous wrote:That's what the cluster model is: a couple LIV students in a class of mostly non-LIV students. Was your 6th grader newly admitted to AAP?

The school year hasn't' started yet - can you switch to the center now?

My kid will not be ok switching schools this late in the game. I am astounded that so few AAP kids are in their class though. So many problem kids and ESOL kids in there. Truly disappointed.

Your kid in in 6th where were they last year?

Don't be so sure your kid will be smarter or a better student than the push in kids

Anonymous wrote:That's what the cluster model is: a couple LIV students in a class of mostly non-LIV students. Was your 6th grader newly admitted to AAP?

The school year hasn't' started yet - can you switch to the center now?

My kid will not be ok switching schools this late in the game. I am astounded that so few AAP kids are in their class though. So many problem kids and ESOL kids in there. Truly disappointed.

Yet you embrace diversity and are open-minded and inclusive.

That's what the cluster model is: a couple LIV students in a class of mostly non-LIV students. Was your 6th grader newly admitted to AAP?

The school year hasn't' started yet - can you switch to the center now?

We are at a cluster school but it seems like my kid (who is in Level IV) has mostly non-AAP kids. How can a teacher teach this type of classroom? I am livid and should have switched to the Center school. Our kid is in 6th grade and will suffer in this peer group setting.