If 30% of kids in a school qualify for "gifted" why don't they address it in the home school?

[Anonymous]

I'd also be curious which MCPS pulls out advanced children to work with a specialist. I'm the poster who has seen a steady stream of bright students in DC's grade become behavior problems because they are bored and being ignored because they have already achieved proficiency. The only kids who are being pulled out are those with learning disabilities or needing remedial work.

I definitely take issue with the PP who said all the prior posters' gifted/talented children are being accommodated. That is NOT true for mine and there are many others in the same boat.

[Anonymous]

How are you defining "advanced"..the 40% who are labeled gifted? We would need aot of specialists. I assume we all feel our children fall in to the category of needing special attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd also be curious which MCPS pulls out advanced children to work with a specialist. I'm the poster who has seen a steady stream of bright students in DC's grade become behavior problems because they are bored and being ignored because they have already achieved proficiency. The only kids who are being pulled out are those with learning disabilities or needing remedial work.

I definitely take issue with the PP who said all the prior posters' gifted/talented children are being accommodated. That is NOT true for mine and there are many others in the same boat.

Is your experience with one school? one grade? one teacher? Just curious how widespread this problem is from your perspective. I feel like we can't get a handle on this issue because people only have the limited experience of their own school.