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Truly gifted children don't get bored in school because they can always find something to do. [/quote]

They can if they're given the ability and resources to do it. Said gifted child did very well in small classes where he could get more individual attention and supplementation (on his own initiative or from the teacher). Last year's class was huge, which affected both the amount of individualized time he could have, and the extent to which his teacher could allow him to go "off-task" (which was on-task for where he was, but off-task compared to what the rest of the class was doing at the moment). If we go back to small classes, APS will probably work just fine for him. If the big classes continue, we may have to look for a different environment.[/quote]

The more APS teachers are pushed (by our know-nothing superintendent and his device-loving assistant supt. of instruction) to teach to the test, the worse things get for gifted students. The experience of my high schooler and elementary schooler differed significantly, and I'd have thought the ES-er would have been better, because by the time he was in school, APS had moved to a push-in model rather than a pull-out one. But you can't push much in when the focus is on SOL prep. 
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