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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She's better at projects and really gets into these things. However, she is starting to develop a somewhat bratty attitude toward school work because it doesn't really offer those things. We spend 30 minutes arguing about doing the homework because she thinks "its boring and easy" and then she spends 3 minutes completing it. 
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The HGC would be good for her in this regard, because the homework is more substantial, and much of it is project-related. My rising 5th grader just had a fabulous year at a HGC--definitely worth the downsides for us. Yes, switching to another school is an adjustment (especially if the transportation time is longer than before), and it can be hard to leave neighborhood friends. But you can make an effort to keep in touch with old friends.

As for HGC kids being zoned to different middle schools, remember that whether or not she attends the HGC, there will be shuffling of kids as some go off to magnets for middle school. And if she sticks with her home middle school, she'll be back with many of her K-3 friends as well as some of her HGC friends.

Curriculum 2.0 will be everywhere, since it's the county curriculum. However, from what I saw at our center, I predict that the HGC teachers will incorporate what they have to from 2.0 and continue to meet the needs of the center kids. 
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