Anonymous wrote:Dc said she will go to Princeton now that she is in AAP. I tend to agree.

I'm sure you do. Now go rest your pretty little head.

Dc said she will go to Princeton now that she is in AAP. I tend to agree.

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Anonymous wrote:DC told me that a little boy in her class announced that he was invited to go to a school for the smartest kids who would eventually end up at the best universities.

Ewwww... that's some smarmy kid. He's going to be in for quite a surprise in later years!

No kidding. I feel sorry for the kid, bc I assume that is coming from the parents. Better case scenario it was an overly proud gushing grandma or something.

Anonymous wrote:DC told me that a little boy in her class announced that he was invited to go to a school for the smartest kids who would eventually end up at the best universities.

Ewwww... that's some smarmy kid. He's going to be in for quite a surprise in later years!

I have never told my kids that AAP is for smart kids when they got in nor do i believe that to be true.

I asked them not to mention it to anyone unless asked.

At our LLIV school, children are not invited. I'm glad the center does have something for them though.

Anonymous wrote:DC told me that a little boy in her class announced that he was invited to go to a school for the smartest kids who would eventually end up at the best universities.

Okay, that's just ridiculous - he has been spoon fed lies

DC told me that a little boy in her class announced that he was invited to go to a school for the smartest kids who would eventually end up at the best universities.

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Anonymous wrote:There is absolutely no need for a child who is already at a center school to go to an orientation for AAP at that center. I never understood this. They already know the school and the teachers. It just promotes the hierarchy like others have mentioned. They all talk after that.

How do they already know the teachers?

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I'd really like to know this, too. Teacher changes happen all the time in schools. We just received a letter from the school principal (of an AAP Center school) explaining that teachers move around in the school and in and out of the school. I am not sure how the originally quoted PP already knows the teachers at the center school.

My kid knows several teachers in above grade levels for both AAP and Gen Ed in their center school. The teachers are all awesome and they have a way interacting in halls at lunch, outside recess, after school with all kids. Of course teachers change schools or leave all of the time but how about you think of it this way:
A prospective AAP student gets to go to their base school which is already center to "meet" the AAP teachers for a "special" orientation(in second grade they already know most of the third grade teachers[u]). So why don't the Gen ED kids get to go to an orientation to "meet" their teachers on a special day? I get it if the kids will be NEW to the school but its senseless otherwise.

There are 5 third grade teachers in our school. My rising 3rd grader - going into AAP - knows one by name, but none know her.

All kids are offered a "meet the teacher" day in August. Why isn't that good enough for AAP kids? Why is a special orientation necessary?

I do agree with this. I think it should be for parents only. Since it isn't set up like that I will bring my child.

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Anonymous wrote:There is absolutely no need for a child who is already at a center school to go to an orientation for AAP at that center. I never understood this. They already know the school and the teachers. It just promotes the hierarchy like others have mentioned. They all talk after that.

How do they already know the teachers?

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I'd really like to know this, too. Teacher changes happen all the time in schools. We just received a letter from the school principal (of an AAP Center school) explaining that teachers move around in the school and in and out of the school. I am not sure how the originally quoted PP already knows the teachers at the center school.

My kid knows several teachers in above grade levels for both AAP and Gen Ed in their center school. The teachers are all awesome and they have a way interacting in halls at lunch, outside recess, after school with all kids. Of course teachers change schools or leave all of the time but how about you think of it this way:
A prospective AAP student gets to go to their base school which is already center to "meet" the AAP teachers for a "special" orientation(in second grade they already know most of the third grade teachers[u]). So why don't the Gen ED kids get to go to an orientation to "meet" their teachers on a special day? I get it if the kids will be NEW to the school but its senseless otherwise.

There are 5 third grade teachers in our school. My rising 3rd grader - going into AAP - knows one by name, but none know her.

All kids are offered a "meet the teacher" day in August. Why isn't that good enough for AAP kids? Why is a special orientation necessary?

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Anonymous wrote:There is absolutely no need for a child who is already at a center school to go to an orientation for AAP at that center. I never understood this. They already know the school and the teachers. It just promotes the hierarchy like others have mentioned. They all talk after that.

How do they already know the teachers?

+1

I'd really like to know this, too. Teacher changes happen all the time in schools. We just received a letter from the school principal (of an AAP Center school) explaining that teachers move around in the school and in and out of the school. I am not sure how the originally quoted PP already knows the teachers at the center school.

My kid knows several teachers in above grade levels for both AAP and Gen Ed in their center school. The teachers are all awesome and they have a way interacting in halls at lunch, outside recess, after school with all kids. Of course teachers change schools or leave all of the time but how about you think of it this way:
A prospective AAP student gets to go to their base school which is already center to "meet" the AAP teachers for a "special" orientation(in second grade they already know most of the third grade teachers). So why don't the Gen ED kids get to go to an orientation to "meet" their teachers on a special day? I get it if the kids will be NEW to the school but its senseless otherwise.

EXACTLY. There is such a double standard where AAP and GE kids are concerned. AAP kids are treated like special little snowflakes who have to see if they would "like" to go to the center school or if they would "prefer" to stay at their base school -- both options of course amounting to the same thing except that free busing goes along with the center option (at taxpayer expense). And yes, LLIV and center are identical, no matter how badly some parents love to spin it by saying LLIV is "AAP-lite," or the center offers a "better peer group". These excuses are simply absurd justifications for an excessive, redundant program being offered to one group of kids but not another. Center schools have only furthered this entitlement mentality.

And I totally agree with you about kids who already attend a center as their base school; why are they even at the orientation? They're not switching schools, so what is the big deal? Honestly, this kid-glove handling of AAP students is so over the top.

Anonymous wrote:Level 4 is not my DC base school, so entering the Level 4 programs is a school change, which is a big decision. I am happy there is an orientation where my DC can see who got in (to identify some friendly faces) and take a tour around the school. Assuming that everyone going to orientation is going to orientation at their base school is completely off the mark -- many kids are required to move schools to receive Level 4 services. I wish our base school was a level 4 center as our decision to put DC into Level 4 over Level 3 services would be much easier.

No one was assuming that EVERYONE goes to their base school/center, that was never said at any point. Yes kids who are CHANGING schools should have an orientation. I guess people haven't read the last few threads. Kids that are NOT changing schools should not have an orientation they already know the school. The orientation for the kids in this group just allows them to meet the teachers who are ALREADY at their school. All parents should go to an orientation if they want to get info about the program. The previous posts were about trying to cut down on the amount of rude remarks that are made to kids those not in AAP. And trying to make a move for friendships sticking without the pressure of being in a different "class".