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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We got accepted into Cold spring. But most likely will turn it down. There is one other child that we know of that was accepted from school and they will probably decide not to attend also. I just think that DD would miss her friends too much. [/quote]

joke or jerk[/quote]

My DC was accepted last year.  DC didn't want to go, and was extremely upset about the prospect of leaving the home school, so we were not going to push DC to go.  DC had a change of heart at the last minute, so DC ended up going.  Had DC remained steadfastly opposed (very emotional about it), we would not have pushed DC to go.  There was no point in making DC go if DC was just going to be miserable the entire time, and potentially not do well because of the misery.[/quote]

Did he regret (going to HGC) later? [/quote]

PP here, no, DC doesn't regret it.  DC still misses the home school a lot, but DC made some good friends at HGC, although it took a while.    DC has already stated DC doesn't want to go to middle school magnet and wants to return to the home MS.  A bit premature since DC is only in the 4th grade now, but, like last time, we will see if DC can even get in first (MS magnet is much harder to get into than HGC from what I am told), and then go from there.   But, I do know that many of the kids pull of out the MS magnet because of the commute.

For parents of kids who don't want to go to HGC because they don't want to leave their friends, I would suggest telling them to go to the Open House (if your HGC is having one), go to the HGC for a quarter, and if your child still doesn't like it, then you can always return to your home school.  The Principal at our HGC told us that we should give it at least a quarter before pulling the child out.[/quote]

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