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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So do these students just go to the middle school for part of the day? Do they take the rest of their classes at their home school? Are HGC and Magnets the same thing (highly gifted children?) Is the percentage at 80% at the magnets because  these are already the top performing students and the other 12% are the ones in limbo at their home schools? Is it always better to apply to a magnet then? [/quote]

Math is not part of the HGC curriculum.  At my child's HGC, all but two of the children in his class are in compacted math.  They go to a separate teacher for math.  There are about 5 children from the non-HGC classes at the school who are also in their math class.  These students are receiving the same exact compacted 4/5 curriculum for math that 4th grade students (who qualify) receive throughout the county.  If my child had chosen not to go to an HGC, he would be in a pull out in his home school.  The pull out would teach 4/5 math.  So math is not a reason to go to an HGC.  [/quote]

Everyone in my son's HGC is in compacted math.  It is taught by his main teacher.  It is taught during the regular math slot.  We have been pleased.

Math is a reason to go to the HGC if you are in the Cabin John cluster because you do not have to get up early to get compacted math.  It is not a reason in the Hoover cluster where I think compacted is taught during the regular school day -- someone correct me if I am wrong.  [/quote]

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