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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, the major requirement is testing above the 80th percentile on an IQ test.  There a couple of other paths but that the gist of it.  If your kid doesn't pass initially, you can wait until they are retested again in 3rd and 5th grade or you can get your kid tested privately.  
If you are in University Park, your TAG elementary magnet is Glenarden Woods. In previous years they had open 2nd grade slots in July so everyone who applied and was eligible got in.   It doesn't look like GWES is on the list again this year but the trend is that the vast majority of kids who apply, get in at elementary level.  
The county expanded the TAG program significantly in the past decade so although a spot isn't guaranteed, it is highly likely.  
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Just an FYI, there are no seats at Glenarden Woods. Their waitlist has been lengthy every year post-COVID. My daughter was number 155 on the waitlist two years ago for second grade, and that was after they accepted more students than they usually accept.[/quote]

155 is absurd. I wonder if PGCPS is planning to do anything about this. [/quote]

That is crazy.  Parent should lobby for PGCPS to open a new TAG program if there is that much demand.  Parents did that ~10 years ago and got the TAG program at Tasker opened. [/quote]

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