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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD is a 4th grader at an HGC now.  It really has been a mixed bag.  I really dislike the whole program concept and feel strongly that this kind of learning and gifted education should be available in EVERY school, but since it is not, there she is.  We left the decision to go up to her.  I was very surprised when she went, as she is a child who loved her home school and never really complained about being bored.  And for the record, she primarily had P's (and even an I or 2) on her report card with few ES's because they are rarely given at our school.  She did well on the test in and I am sure had good recommendations from teachers, because she is a bit of a teacher's dream kid.  I have loved her teacher this year, but I am sort of ehhh about the program as a whole.  It really has been a mixed bag for us.  She misses her home school and does not feel connected to her new school at all.  I intensely dislike the other 4th grade teacher, who gives significantly more homework, so I am happy that my kid is in the other class.  We carpool in the morning to avoid the long bus ride and do the bus in the afternoon, which works well enough, though I hate the different schedule and I had to rearrange my work schedule around having kids in two schools.  I think that my daughter is generally happy now (it was rough for a while, with lots of tears), but she will also say that it is not all good or all bad.  There are definitely good and bad parts.
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If you are interested, you should apply for a COSA for the younger kid.  That might help because you wouldn't have kids at two different school.  We're at the Barnsley HGC and there are several families who got COSAs for their younger siblings to attend.  [/quote]

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