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[quote=Anonymous]We're relocating, so we started the process late.  Higher WL #s at Two Rivers and Haynes, just got the call from Capital City, probably accepting.

DC is coming from a magnet arts school with a repetitive traditional curriculum that did not work well for her.  She is a quick, motivated learner, ID'd gifted in science and math, reads at a HS level and has mostly been bored out of her mind for years, testing in the top 2% but disengaged and getting mostly lousy grades.  Her science teacher last year was amazing and made a huge difference for her in that subject, but overall, that's still an issue.  She participates well in outside activities, but is shut down in school.

We're not looking for rigor, but for her to enjoy school for a while and regain her interest in learning in a school setting (instead of surviving school and learning mostly outside of school).  We want some freedom from busywork and 25lbs. of backpack, and for her to feel safe and accepted.

The archives are telling me that, on the one hand, this is what CC is all about, and on the other, that kids may not be learning well in the upper grades.

If you are a CC parent, lay it on me.  Does this sound like a good match with reasonable expectations?  What concerns do you have? What are you keeping an eye on?  Have you considered leaving?

Tell me about the social life of the school.  I specifically want to hear from parents whose kids have some social challenges.  DC is friendly and fun with lots of good friends outside of school, but she had no friends in her grade and some bullying issues.  Partly young for her age, partly nonconforming, partly normal communication issues for a gifted kid who assumes everyone else understands what she's thinking, partly because, according to the teachers, her class year has had unusually bad social and bullying issues.

Did you see any of that in previous years?  How was it addressed?

TIA.
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