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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW, my daughter is in 4th grade at a center.  She's doing great, making friends and talking about other kids when she never did that before.  She has kids interested in the things she says and not thinking she's the odd smart kid, and she's finds the kids there interesting too.

The teachers there and the school counselor know about gifted kids and their sensitivities.  My daughter has sensitivities to noise and other stimulus that are far muted than they once were.  It's not even noticeable now whereas when she was in K, she had permission to wear headphones to drown out classroom noise.    I believe that the teachers would recognize issues common (or even uncommon) to gifted kids and react in an appropriate manner, moreso than a regular classroom teacher just because they would see it more often.  I am very comfortable sending my daughter there.[/quote]

Nice.  My daughter is at one as well and it hasn't been nearly as accepting.  The kids there still make fun of and/or exclude other kids who don't quite fit in.  I have to admit I was a bit disappointed based on everything I had read.  I think it still has a lot to do with the administration and current group of kids.[/quote]

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