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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find it interesting that so many parents think it is the school’s job to meet every need of their child. If my kid was doing well in school but had a specific interest, I would be the one exploring and growing that, be it in math or gardening or recycling or chemistry. [b]I don’t expect the school to solve everything for my kid, gifted or struggling.[/b] If my kid is having difficulty in a math concept, I’ll get a tutor or buy a workbook and practice with them at home because I understand that I am a partner in my child’s education and a school with 25 kids is not a setting where every need of every child can be met.

Stop complaining and start doing. If you’re on this forum it’s likely you can afford it.[/quote]

Well, the state of Virginia certainly expects the school to help! Virginia schools are required to have a gifted program (and all schools in the US are required to offer special education services, obviously).

If APS just said "no, we do not have a gifted program," obviously I wouldn't be complaining about the gifted program. But they do have one, and it could be better. [/quote]

When can a public school program NOT do better? Name one. APS doesn’t overpromise what its gifted program is. It’s a small program that mostly gives resources to teachers for students to have enrichment and clusters them together in classrooms for peer engagement. That’s pretty much it. If you want more then go where there is more. Or give your kid more at home.[/quote]

My issue with APS isn’t that they overpromised. It’s that it doesn’t challenge the kids enough. And, and I mentioned in another comment, giving him a lot of outside enrichment would exacerbate the problem of boredom. 
 
Also, it seems like people who say that a parent is responsible to help kids who are bored or struggling don’t seem to care much about the education of kids whose parents, for whatever reason, aren’t going to help their kids outside of school. Really, you could argue that since it’s your kid, education is your responsibility, not the responsibility of the government, so let’s get rid of public schools altogether. But we don’t do that for all sorts of reasons.

I am very happy to give my kid outside enrichment. I homeschooled for a couple of years and I absolutely loved it. But my child comes home from school exhausted because sitting around doing boring work all day is taxing! I’m not going to make my child sit and so more work after school just so he can go to school and be even more bored. [/quote]

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