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[b]Gifted kids already won the genetic lottery of being extremely intelligent.  We need to reconsider why their needs are superior to the needs on the general student population. [/b] There are now so many free resources that parents of gifted kids can avail themselves of now, the schools should be allocating resources to serve the greatest number of kids while still differentiating.  FCPS seems to have adopted that model.  I agree with it. [/quote]

If you knew anything at all about gifted kids, you wouldn't be making such a statement.  Gifted programs were never intended to be enrichment for kids who are very smart.  They exist because gifted children have fairly high drop out rates and are often much less successful as adults than their intelligence would suggest.  Many of them have comorbid LDs or mental health issues that make regular classrooms a poor fit.  Many become the target of bullies or have massive issues with relating to regular kids.  The reason many states have a gifted mandate is not to reward kids for winning the genetic lottery, but rather to address a real need.  [/quote]

Maybe parents need to be responsible for helping their kids relate to other kids.  The parents of non gifted socially inept kids need to deal with it themselves.  If a gifted child needs speech therapy or OT, they should get it to the same extent as other kids.  There shouldn't be a separate classroom for them.  They can be with the academically advanced kids and get OT or speech therapy, or whatever else they need that's normally available to special ed kids.  [/quote]

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