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[quote=Anonymous]Believe it or not, I hear similar complaints from the parents of gifted kids in independent schools, including "top" ones.  The challenge deficit seems endemic in our society, no reason to give up on pushing for challenge.

Parents who crave more challenge need to step up to push to expand academic support, not just for advanced learners at Brent, but all the elementary grade kids, including on the library resources and extra-curricular fronts.

What ever happened to the National Geographic Bee competitions (4th-5th grade) Principal Young was talking about last year?

Parents can share notes on applying to Johns Hopkins CTY, and carpool kids over to St. Stephen and St. Agnes (in Alexandria) to participate.  I know that PTAs at some MoCo schools help FARMs kids participate in CTY.  They work with schools to identify suitable kids, prep them for the Praxis admissions tests, raise tuition money, and transport kids to the camps.  The 3-week camps, which start after 2nd grade, cost around $2,500, with big fee reductions offered for FARMs participants.  It would be fun to get more publicity for DCPS' shameful GT programming deficit by doing this at Brent.

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