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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New to this, DS in early elementary at this point.  [b]Why would a parent choose the HGC if the home E.S. is a good one?  [/b]Seems disruptive to pull a child for two years (4th and 5th) and then send him/her back to the home middle school (which sounds likely given the magnet middle school stats described above).  What is the rationale (again, specifically if the home ES is strong) given that most return to the home middle school?
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By and large, parents apply to and choose the HGC because their child's needs are not able to be met at the home elementary.  The likelihood of being admitted to a MS magnet is likely higher for a kid who has been in the HGC, because s/he would have been working at a higher level in that environment.

There is no going "back" to the home middle school, since the child would not have been there before, and since the students from the home elementary who go to the home middle (not all do) are in any case surrounded by kids from other elementary schools - so, it's not as if the kid from the HGC is going "back" to a familiar environment.  The MS environment is new to all students, HGC or not.

IME it has nothing to do with bragging  (?) rights.  I'm not even sure what that PP means by that.  All parents are looking for the best educational fit for our children.[/quote]

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