Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While I can appreciate that it isn't the same at every school, certainly you can understand the frustration of being at a school that is almost 270 over capacity due to the size of a bloated center. My child has no option to leave, in the program or not. And there does not seem to be a cap on number of students at a center, so the school must continue to accommodate these students. This is a terrible situation for everyone.

Problems with administration aside, the resources are there when you have lliv at your school.

Hello- the point is that the resources are not allocated in the way that makes the level IV even comparable to a center's AAP program (in this case). I think the principal is ok but she has her own agenda and dilluting the program seems to be in effect for years now. Our center would not be a local level IV if it did not have feeders - just not enough students.

Is your center school severely overcrowded? Are you at one of the schools with a small number of Level IV students?

I think there are ways to fix this that will make most happy. It might have to be done on a school by school, center by center basis. But, really, I hope none of you ever have to see the results of severe overcrowding like we did.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While I can appreciate that it isn't the same at every school, certainly you can understand the frustration of being at a school that is almost 270 over capacity due to the size of a bloated center. My child has no option to leave, in the program or not. And there does not seem to be a cap on number of students at a center, so the school must continue to accommodate these students. This is a terrible situation for everyone.

Problems with administration aside, the resources are there when you have lliv at your school.

Hello- the point is that the resources are not allocated in the way that makes the level IV even comparable to a center's AAP program (in this case). I think the principal is ok but she has her own agenda and dilluting the program seems to be in effect for years now. Our center would not be a local level IV if it did not have feeders - just not enough students.

Anonymous wrote:While I can appreciate that it isn't the same at every school, certainly you can understand the frustration of being at a school that is almost 270 over capacity due to the size of a bloated center. My child has no option to leave, in the program or not. And there does not seem to be a cap on number of students at a center, so the school must continue to accommodate these students. This is a terrible situation for everyone.

Problems with administration aside, the resources are there when you have lliv at your school.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think pointing out the flaws with the system, such as running essentially an honors program and then excluding a large percentage of kids who are more than capable of handling it, is bashing. That's the great thing about living in this country, freedom of speech. And yes, I have a child in AAP and see the work they do, and it's an honors program, not a gifted program.

who the f**k claims it is a “gifted program.”?
but it is selective - so only the smartest and most precocious get in

Oh, dear. *snicker*

Anonymous wrote:Maybe it was those kids who decided not to leave PT? I was confused, as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you also post poplar tree numbers? I think they are fairly similar to CP's.

Poplar Tree
Grade 3: 35 choose Center, 5 choose LLIV
Grade 4: 34 choose Center, 0 choose LLIV
Grade 5: 46 choose Center, 4 choose LLIV
Grade 6: 35 choose Center, 1 choose LLIV
Total: 150 choose Center, 10 choose LLIV

(Might be interesting to compare these numbers with those shared by Facilities as part of the Greenbriar West/Poplar Tree AAP Center shift earlier this year.)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do they justify having a LLIV at that last cluster of schools?

Those schools should feed into centers only.

The huge groups should stay LLIV.

+1000

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think pointing out the flaws with the system, such as running essentially an honors program and then excluding a large percentage of kids who are more than capable of handling it, is bashing. That's the great thing about living in this country, freedom of speech. And yes, I have a child in AAP and see the work they do, and it's an honors program, not a gifted program.

who the f**k claims it is a “gifted program.”?
but it is selective - so only the smartest and most precocious get in

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Anonymous wrote:To those who state that they would have opted for a local level IV had they had the choice, there is a reason why the centers exist and local level IVs still feed there. The programs at our schools (center and level IV) are not the same- despite what the staff states during the presentation. It really isn't mixing the groups that is an issue- it's also inconsistency- it is completly up to the principal to do whatever, whenever. So- what you experience one year can turn upside down the next. And that was what our particular school was experiencing. As for the neighborhood aspect- in our case the center is so close and feeds to all the same MS and HS so this wasn't a temporary friendships situation. So- sorry but I am so glad we have centers (and our center is a feeder- meaning, not enough to be a local level IV- as I'm sure others are).

In our school LLIV is much better than center. Not even single child opts for center.

Anonymous wrote:To those who state that they would have opted for a local level IV had they had the choice, there is a reason why the centers exist and local level IVs still feed there. The programs at our schools (center and level IV) are not the same- despite what the staff states during the presentation. It really isn't mixing the groups that is an issue- it's also inconsistency- it is completly up to the principal to do whatever, whenever. So- what you experience one year can turn upside down the next. And that was what our particular school was experiencing. As for the neighborhood aspect- in our case the center is so close and feeds to all the same MS and HS so this wasn't a temporary friendships situation. So- sorry but I am so glad we have centers (and our center is a feeder- meaning, not enough to be a local level IV- as I'm sure others are).