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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not make all the county students to be GT eligible?[/quote]

All county students do receive GT services -- it's called Level I.

http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/gt/level1.html
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C'mon.  I think you know what the PP meant.  This isn't Lake Wobegon.[/quote]

Since we are getting rid of GT services, I think we should just get rid of public education altogether.  That'll solve the problem.  You want your kid in band and strings?  Join a private band or orchestra.  You want foreign language instruction?  Go sign up for Rosetta Stone.  Take all the Fairfax County tax payments and return the portion for public education to the Fairfax County taxpayers, and Richmond can just deal with it.  Good luck to the southwest Virginia public schools![/quote]

12:07 here.  What are you taking about?  Budget constraints aside, nobody said anything about getting rid of GT services.  It's clear that 10:25 was talking about what has traditionally been considered to be "Gifted and Talented" education -- the GT Center (and now Local Level IV) instruction.  11:54 referred to Level I services, which is indeed offered to everybody.  Describing Level I services as "Gifted and Talented" strains credulity.  It's like how the smallest drink at Starbucks is a "tall."  Hence, my "Lake Wobegon" reference, which was apparently lost on you.  It's where "all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average."
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wobegon[/url][/quote]

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