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[quote=Anonymous]Moving into 4th grade will be a difficult endeavor for your child. I would place a much stronger emphasis on social-emotional variables than on whether there is a G&T program. Given the notorious discrepancies across states with the Common Core Standards barely in place, in all likelihood, your child will be ahead in some areas and possibly still have gaps in others, though probably not very significant ones due to the G&T background. And that will be just as good for him/her to get a new footing and make some friends, which can be quite an endeavor in 4th, when so many kids know one another inside out. I'd probably look to pick a school that's close to your home so friends from school can transcend beyond school. And I'd probably put a strong emphasis on that school feeding into an acceptable middle school where friendships won't be lost in translation yet again (Hardy and Stuart-Hobson have SEM, a version of G&T; Deal is generally well regarded, although quite big if that's a concern). I'd probably also pick a school (and hence a location, since you'll need to prove inboundary residence to get there) that has at least two 4th grades and tells you that it remixes them coming from 3rd. That will provide a newcomer with new connections.

If you're dead-set on G&T or want to at least factor that in, then familiarize yourself with the way you'll need to ask that question in DC while touring schools. There are many, including ours, that run something that would be called "G&T" elsewhere but they will truly never utter the word. So just ask about those particular elements that you're familiar with instead.

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