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[quote=Anonymous]OP - ignore the haters. You have a real issue which I understand.  My I.Q. is 183.   I have two kids in the 99.99% category, mensa, 36 on ACT, the whole mess. However, both have either ADHD or LDs.  So they are very frustrated in a conventional classroom.

Having gone through this mess for 20 years, here's my advice.   If you are in a good public school area (sorry, I read your post and the snarky responses fast), some districts, like FCPS have extraordinary opportunities for advanced math and science unlike most of the privates.  But you need to get your child - whatever age - on the gifted track ASAP.  (Your child must also be self-motivated and a hard worker to survive in public). In FCPS that is 3rd grade.  We moved a child from a SN school to Langley High to take advantage of the AP programs.  That child is now in college but still works with the Office of Disability services because DC is so bright that ideas are swirling around in head and sometimes whips out straight As, sometimes falls into C range because DC can't organize thoughts in head.

Another child tested for ADHD so we put her in a terrific SN school for ADHD kids.  DC's self-confidence has been destroyed by the puntivie, rote memorization traditions of parochial school  Big mistake on our part but we didn't know at the time.  Once DC hit the SN school he went off like a rocket.  Later testing showed no signs of ADHD, just some exec. function disorder because DC is so bright the thoughts are whirling around in his head and he can't get them out sometimes in class or paper.

So my vote is either a great public with superior gifted programs or a private that REALLY will differentiate for your child and challenge him for pull-outs and other opportunities.  What you want ot avoid is boredom (which was my personal problem growing up with a 183 I.Q.) and punitive teachers who don't understand differentiation of teaching and punish the extra bright kid becuse they aren't like the other kids.  I hope this helps somewhat.

I do not recommend the "gifted" schools like Edlin and others.  In my experience applying (we got in so no sour apples) they will take anyone in this economy.[/quote]

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