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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FWIW, my definitely-ahead-of-grade-level kid was not challenged in DCPS elementary. [/quote]

Yeah, I fundamentally disagree with the earlier poster. I think the kids who are exactly on/just ahead of grade level and can stay there w/o additional intervention are very well served by DCPSes in general. The kids way behind also tend to be well-served (or at least as well served as they can be; DCPS makes a huge effort/focuses intentionally on these kids). The kids who are well-behaved, quiet kids from the 25-45%iles are the ones who get ignored and could end up totally left behind. The true 1%ers usually end up with DCPS catering to them because the need is just so apparent (e.g., kids taking math 2 levels up or whatever), but the 95-99% kids typically aren't particularly academically pushed or challenged in the classroom. What you have to hope is that your school has a big enough cohort of those (or is willing to intentionally group them into one class) to support an advanced small group. [/quote]

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