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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for the posters who shared their experiences.  And I guess I shouldn't be surprised that this thread devolved into "don't move to APS because the high school situation is such a debacle," but all the same, I was looking for specific input about gifted programs, not for people telling me why I would be stupid to move into the system in the first place. Trust me, I've read all of the threads on the HS/capacity issue - you can't miss them on here.[/quote]

OP- as you can tell, the high school situation weighs heavily on the minds of a lot of parents (including many of us with kids tagged as gifted). But only you can make the decision as to whether APS is an improvement over ACPS and worth the move. One other factor to consider (beyond what has already been mentioned here)-- APS only allocates 1 gifted teacher per school, regardless of student body size or the number of gifted kids in the school. So if you move to a smaller ES, or one with fewer gifted kids in the school, then your kid might get more time with the gifted teacher. Right now, APS elementary schools range in size from fewer than 500 students to 850+ students-- but they all only get one gifted teacher. This has created differences in the way that gifted services are delivered across schools. Just keep that in mind as you focus in on neighborhoods (and also that redistricting is happening across the ES and MS level next year). Good luck![/quote]

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