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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, OP, your child gets to learn a lot, bit mine doesn't have a right to learn anything new because she's already proficient in all the material presented, is that what you're saying? And we're out of luck because we can't afford private school or to move to a better school district.  and because you DC is having a great experience, we should just sit down and shut up and stop advocating for our kids?  Maybe you should get out of your tony neighborhood sometime and see that some of us Folks who aren't yoga pants wearing lawyers are also upset about our kids being robbed of academic opportunty by this new curriculum.[/quote]

Here's the thing.  Under both the law and policy, kids are entitled to an adequate education, not the best.  Adequate isn't well defined, but has to do with reaching proficiency in subject matter set by the state.  That means that the curriculum must be geared to the middle of the bell curve and that services and resources have to be provided to those below the curve to help that group get as close to proficient as possible.  And, in the public system, it does mean that if you want better for your very high functioning child, you may have to do at least some of it on your own.  Nothing wrong with advocating, but it's really an uphill battle.[/quote]

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