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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]APS is really perfectly fine.  If you've got a profoundly gifted kid, then I really do think that's on you to support them and not expect a public school to provide crazy accommodations.  For kids who are just bright, like my own kids, APS has been great.  The peers are great, the teachers are dedicated.  You people haven't been parents of kids who go to school in a sh*tty district and it shows.  Enrich your own kids FFS. [/quote]

Slippery slope argument. Same could be said of every other group then: SPED, URM, girls, EL, athletes, etc. Why help anyone then except for your "bright" kids.... sure. [/quote]

DP but I have a gifted kid and a kid with SNs in APS. We supplement for our gifted kid just like we do extra therapies with our SNs kid.

I think the PP’s point is you can’t just expect schools to do everything your child needs academically. Parents are an important part of it too. It would be inappropriate for me to send my kid with an IEP to school while doing nothing else to work with him at home and get him extra therapies just like I wouldn’t send my gifted kid to school and assume they’ll get everything they need there.

I’ll add that both my kids have had wonderful caring teachers and we’ve met many nice families though our neighborhood school. If you’re a lazy parent though and you think your kid is a special snowflake you probably need to look elsewhere.[/quote]

What a nice place of privilege you must be in, able to supplement for your child and to expect that all others can do that just because it’s working out for you.[/quote]

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