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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly GWES is an anomaly. They have earned a reputation and are working to maintain it. It’s almost a specialty program within a speciality program. While I don’t doubt pp loves the school. I take all the GWES reviews with a grain of salt because it is not typical of the TAG programs and unless you get into that specific program, you may be disappointed.

I can confirm and want to reiterate Heather Hills provides VERY limited hands on experience. They teach to the test in a way I have never seen before. Everything is about the numbers. There is no intrinsic motivation or joy for learning. It is all about the rankings. Teachers verbally (and frequently) shame students for not being perfect. They are anxious little robots. It’s kind of heartbreaking actually. [/quote]

My kid is at Capitol Heights Elementary in the TAG program and we are happy we made the change.  They often allow out of boundary kids apply for a transfer (although they are technically not supposed to do that for the TAG program).
We did pull out TAG at our local ES and there is an appreciable difference but I'm not sure it is a "better school" over all.

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