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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was one of those kids who missed the IQ requirement by one or two points, and was the next in line. I've always been an extremely hard working, straight A student and successful.

BUT I was very frustrated that I wasn't allowed into the magnet program because I could do the work.

I see both sides. Yes, gifted children need stimulation. Struggling students need support. But hard workers like me who also need to be challenged shouldn't be lumped in non-gifted track because I missed the mark on one test.

There has to be a way to challenge EVERYONE and not make anyone feel inferior.

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That was a badly organized gifted program, with a single path to admission.  Times have changed.

My niece didn't do well enough on the 5th grade MoCo RAVEN test to earn a spot in a super duper Silver Spring math/science MS magnet.  However, she excelled in 6th grade honors math and science classes at the MS in which the magnet is housed.  As a result, the school reached out to her parents to ask if they wanted her placed in the magnet for 7th grade.  They agreed and she loves the program.

I'm not in MoCo, but my district also has this sort of flexibility. People that have a bad memory of gifted programs in their youth should understand that a lot of the things that were problematic have been resolved. It is far less a binary "in or out" kind of system now.

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