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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is that parents want to rate and rank their children into a public school system.  You can't do that at any private school.  When I hear parents say they want gifted and talented programs, it is all well and good.  But there's not enough of gifted and talented students in one grade level to make a school viable.

To make any school viable you would need about 500 kids tested per entry grade level, just to weed out 250.  That ain't happening in this city, I don't care how many strollers you see at the park.

It ain't happening.  No way, no how. 
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Sorry, but it doesn't take anywhere near 250 per grade level to justify the need for an option.  250 is over 12 classes each grade.  Looking at official DCPS statistics, there are for example 84 DCPS schools currently serving 1st grade, and 3741 1st graders were enrolled in DCPS in 2012, which averages out to 44 1st graders per DCPS school, or an equivalent of 2 classes per DCPS school, nowhere near 12 to be able to justify it.    And in fact, going by the same numbers that DCPS uses to justify keeping its neighborhood schools open, not just one G&T school could be justified, but SEVERAL could.

Also, I suspect that in fact out of 75,000 students, a lot more than 500 are already being tested each year for various reasons, such as for not paying attention in class or acting out, mainly because they are bored, unchallenged, and lacking a more productive outlet.  I don't at all think it wouldn't take much to come up with enough G&T students to justify putting a robust option in place.[/quote]

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