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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 3rd grade gifted kid is just being failed by this school system. No differentiation, no peers in their class that I can see, ridiculous low level instruction. [b]Think 2-letter spelling tests[/b]. There are tears every night about how terrible school is and how they aren’t learning anything.

Please, any advice?  What’s a viable option? Move to Fairfax? I hear AAP is no great thing. Are there any privates that are more challenging?  Thanks for any advice or lessons learned. [/quote]

This seems odd. My now 4th grader definitely came home with more complex spelling lists in third grade. My K kid was the one coming home with 2-3 letter sight word lists. Have you asked the teacher about the curriculum and differentiation? [/quote]

There is no differentiation. They’ve said there’s differentiation since K but there is not. They say they group gifted kids together but they don’t. I saw the spelling test myself.  I’ve given up on any changes internal to the school. The gifted coordinator supposedly gives worksheets to the teachers, but the gifted kids don’t get them and are stuck learning 2-letter words with the kids who can’t read.

So I’m looking for other specific options where I’ll pay to move or pay for private. But I don’t want to move for more of the same![/quote]

This randomly happens a lot of places.  My reco is to see if you can get permission for your child to read books or do workbooks you give when done with classwork.  Just have your kid read extra books and brief you on what they are about.  They will go far this way with minimal extra work for the school.[/quote]

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