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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]This year - there has been a lot of work - up to 2 hours of homework/night and many angst-filled parent meetings about it. Yes, some fun projects. A lot of writing and reading. An above grade novel about every 3 week with a literary essay (higher expectations than your usual book report) expected after every book.[/quote]

These are exactly the type of kids that should not be pushed into a CES program.  Kids that belong in a CES program are the ones that thrive on intensive writing assignments and love doing them. The kids that belong in the CES program are the ones who would be reading for hours whether it was required homework or not. There are plenty of smart kids that do not thrive on this or want to spend lots of extra time doing academic work. There is nothing wrong with this and for[b] these kids the home school is the best place[/b]. Later on the kids may decide that they are more passionate about an academic subject than playing ball and still end up in a magnet.

Too many parents see the CES as a way to get away from the lower performing kids and there is too much pressure on the kids to expand the CES program in certain schools to appease these parental demands. These parents then turn around and complain that the workload is too intensive. If the program reduces the workload and waters down the program to appease them then it really isn't a gifted center anymore.[/quote]

In case you did not realize this when you typed your response, the PBES CES is in the home school for these kids: PBES.  And the program is not watered down.[/quote]

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