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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not?  S/he can not be the only one from your cluster that is not going to a magnet...[/quote]

Their HGC is not in our cluster.  There are 4 kids total from her school in her cluster.  The other 25 go to 2 other middle schools.  [/quote]

So your child could go to middle or high school with any of those 4 right?  [/quote]

Obviously the 4 could if they don't go to magnet but isn't it is a lot nicer going into a middle school with friends?  The HGC kids are already ostrasized when they move to another school.  New commute, new principal, new classmates, completely different kids outside of HGC classroom.  So you are only with that one group and you get close.  Add the fact that those kids you grow close with all leave for another middle school than you just sucks.   MCPS has implemented such a poor way of teaching gifted kids and parents don't care.  They will force their kid in a different class, cluster, 2hrs more a day of commute, switch friends yearly, etc.. just to say their child is in HGC.  [/quote]

While I agree with you that MCPS's implementation of GT programs leaves a lot to be desired, particularly all of the applications and school switching, there are many parts of this that I disagree with. My child isn't in the HGC just so that I can say he is. He's there b/c he did not make friends in our neighborhood or in the neighborhood school (Once upon a time, I had a neighborhood parent look me in the eye and tell me how odd and "different" my then-kindergartner was). He's at the HGC b/c he needed to find a place where he could socially flourish AND be challenged academically. I still think he could do more academically, but the most important part of these two years has been how he has grown emotionally. I'm certain that my HG child is not the only one who lagged in maturity. He's become more confident. He likes school and now does his schoolwork efficiently versus not doing any of the work b/c it seemed ludicrous to him. He's had teachers and a principal who really, truly understand GT kids and how to help them grow in all ways. They are willing to expect of him what he can do. He laughs and banters with his classmates. He plays with other kids at recess. These small things are HUGE. He's off to a middle school magnet next year. At the open house for accepted kids, he and a classmate were extremely focused on the kids that they knew who got in. He had no desire to go to his home middle school, so thankfully, he gets to stay with a bunch of friends who are going to the magnet plus he'll meet lots more other kids who are more accepting of a GT child. In fact, when ranking middle schools, he ranked his home middle behind schools he hadn't even visited yet.[/quote]

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