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Anonymous wrote:Is it normally full and does it travel all over the area to pick up kids? Full size bus?

I am not sure what the benefit is of going to a center if you have local AAP. It's not like the teachers are better.

Must be school specific. Our Center teachers (at this time) are more experienced, higher qualifications. The 3rd grade teacher is likely equivalent, but the 4-5 ones are much different level. Granted - this can change year to year, but having an established program with multiple classes and strong communication between the teachers helps versus a single class.

Otherwise, the benefits of the Center vs Local are well documented throughout the board. Obviously the center you're assigned to and your local program may be different than the norm.

Very curious about what center you are at cause our base school AAP teachers have been consistent and very experienced. My two kids have gad the same teachers and they are all excellent. Our school has 1 AAP class per grade.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it normally full and does it travel all over the area to pick up kids? Full size bus?

I am not sure what the benefit is of going to a center if you have local AAP. It's not like the teachers are better.

If your local AAP is doing the stupid cluster model and 30% of the class is below grade level, you should put your kid at the center. Anyone who says otherwise isn't speaking from experience.

X1000.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it normally full and does it travel all over the area to pick up kids? Full size bus?

I am not sure what the benefit is of going to a center if you have local AAP. It's not like the teachers are better.

If your local AAP is doing the stupid cluster model and 30% of the class is below grade level, you should put your kid at the center. Anyone who says otherwise isn't speaking from experience.

The poster you are responding to is likely the one that goes from post to post to say she hates AAP and doesn't see the need for it. From the sound of her posts, her kid didn't get in. She really hates centers.

I don't hate AAP. My kid went through AAP and he had some friends do local AAP and others go to center. The center was crowded and local was not. The center was a bunch of new kids, the local was not. The academic results all seemed about the same. I didn't notice a difference in admissions to TJ or where they went to college. Maybe it was just my pyramid.

The only place this makes sense generally is where the SES of the local school exceeds that of the center and there's sufficient educational peers staying local. For example, I've heard people make similar claims when contemplating Navy vs Crossfield, where Crossfield neighborhoods are similar or higher priced than most Navy ones. I'm sure the equivalent is true in some Langley areas as well.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it normally full and does it travel all over the area to pick up kids? Full size bus?

I am not sure what the benefit is of going to a center if you have local AAP. It's not like the teachers are better.

If your local AAP is doing the stupid cluster model and 30% of the class is below grade level, you should put your kid at the center. Anyone who says otherwise isn't speaking from experience.

The poster you are responding to is likely the one that goes from post to post to say she hates AAP and doesn't see the need for it. From the sound of her posts, her kid didn't get in. She really hates centers.

I don't hate AAP. My kid went through AAP and he had some friends do local AAP and others go to center. The center was crowded and local was not. The center was a bunch of new kids, the local was not. The academic results all seemed about the same. I didn't notice a difference in admissions to TJ or where they went to college. Maybe it was just my pyramid.

For every anecdotal example, there's an opposite. Its truly school specific, so don't take my anecdotal example too seriously either. Our center has a much lower student/teacher ratio than the LLIV (18 vs 26). Our center just finished renovations, while the local school is just starting and using trailers giving a crowded appearance. Our center has a much better SOL testing results than our Local school. 90% of the eligible students at the local school transferred to the center, so there were plenty of old friends, and plenty of new people to integrate with. (this larger multiple classes is primarily drove our decision - the local school would have a single class with little variation for 4 years).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it normally full and does it travel all over the area to pick up kids? Full size bus?

I am not sure what the benefit is of going to a center if you have local AAP. It's not like the teachers are better.

If your local AAP is doing the stupid cluster model and 30% of the class is below grade level, you should put your kid at the center. Anyone who says otherwise isn't speaking from experience.

The poster you are responding to is likely the one that goes from post to post to say she hates AAP and doesn't see the need for it. From the sound of her posts, her kid didn't get in. She really hates centers.

I don't hate AAP. My kid went through AAP and he had some friends do local AAP and others go to center. The center was crowded and local was not. The center was a bunch of new kids, the local was not. The academic results all seemed about the same. I didn't notice a difference in admissions to TJ or where they went to college. Maybe it was just my pyramid.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it normally full and does it travel all over the area to pick up kids? Full size bus?

I am not sure what the benefit is of going to a center if you have local AAP. It's not like the teachers are better.

If your local AAP is doing the stupid cluster model and 30% of the class is below grade level, you should put your kid at the center. Anyone who says otherwise isn't speaking from experience.

The poster you are responding to is likely the one that goes from post to post to say she hates AAP and doesn't see the need for it. From the sound of her posts, her kid didn't get in. She really hates centers.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it normally full and does it travel all over the area to pick up kids? Full size bus?

I am not sure what the benefit is of going to a center if you have local AAP. It's not like the teachers are better.

If your local AAP is doing the stupid cluster model and 30% of the class is below grade level, you should put your kid at the center. Anyone who says otherwise isn't speaking from experience.

Anonymous wrote:I don't think there’s a one size fits all answer to this question. It depends on the center school you're talking about. I honestly don't know if our AAP buses are full, but they are probably close. They are full size buses. The routes can be long. My son is the last stop and gets home almost an hour after school is dismissed. 😞 He has friends in the bus and he's a patrol, so he enjoys it. He goes to the center because our base school does not have Level IV.

Ours is full and again is school dependent. The bus filled with both local students as well as AAP transfers. With the bussing shortage, they will maximize the capacity the best they can. Our child is dropped off to his base SACC program in about 25+ mins from school dismissal.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it normally full and does it travel all over the area to pick up kids? Full size bus?

I am not sure what the benefit is of going to a center if you have local AAP. It's not like the teachers are better.

Must be school specific. Our Center teachers (at this time) are more experienced, higher qualifications. The 3rd grade teacher is likely equivalent, but the 4-5 ones are much different level. Granted - this can change year to year, but having an established program with multiple classes and strong communication between the teachers helps versus a single class.

Otherwise, the benefits of the Center vs Local are well documented throughout the board. Obviously the center you're assigned to and your local program may be different than the norm.

I don't think there’s a one size fits all answer to this question. It depends on the center school you're talking about. I honestly don't know if our AAP buses are full, but they are probably close. They are full size buses. The routes can be long. My son is the last stop and gets home almost an hour after school is dismissed. 😞 He has friends in the bus and he's a patrol, so he enjoys it. He goes to the center because our base school does not have Level IV.

The bus was always a scary place for me as a child so I had a different experience

All the kids from the neighborhood going to the center is on the bus. We love it , kids
Have made so many friends just from the bus

Anonymous wrote:Is it normally full and does it travel all over the area to pick up kids? Full size bus?

I am not sure what the benefit is of going to a center if you have local AAP. It's not like the teachers are better.

Yes.

Is it normally full and does it travel all over the area to pick up kids? Full size bus?