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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know if needs are being met.  
I have two kids at Deal who have received all A's and 100% in many classes some quarters (as in they haven't missed a point on anything the entire quarter in math or ELA).  They have received 5's on all PARCCs they have taken since 3rd grade.  They're learning but they certainly aren't being challenged.  The school does test-in for math and so they're both up 2 years (Algebra 1 in 7th and on).  I'm not sure if they're G&T or not but they're certainly maxing out the Deal curriculum with very little effort and it was the same at our JKLM feeder school.  Deal has not offered they any other enrichment and I'd put them in the top 10% of their respective classes (about 10% of the kids perform at this level--in terms of grades, etc).

I have a neighbor whose kid is definitely gifted (the type of kid doing Algebra independently at home in 4th grade) and while Deal has allowed the kid to accelerate in math (Algebra in 6th, double math classes in 7th), they haven't done anything in other subjects.  However, the family is much happier at Deal than at the JKLM which did absolutely nothing for this kid despite quite a few meetings with the school.  Or should I say, they did a few "pull outs" for more advanced problem sets in math but nothing at all like a true gifted and talented program and certainly no different or expanded curriculum.   [/quote]

If 10% of kids are also maxing out the Deal curriculum, that's not good. 10% of kids is a large number. They should be able to provide a challenge for them in math at least.

I was in special pull out G&T programs in my own elementary, for both math and language, so I am following this keenly for my kids. I literally remember nothing else from elementary besides those classes, academically speaking, that's how good and important they were to me. In "jr high" we were not tracked all that much, and I learned little but I think where it counts more is in HS. Still, a school as large as Deal should be able to further differentiate.

I grew up hearing all these same arguments against the G&T program, and even as a young child I hated hearing that I was somehow "getting everything" or so privileged. I simply wanted to learn in school and not be bored. Every child deserves that. What I don't know yet is how each individual school manages this; I really do not see how a 4th grade teacher with 25 kids and no help can differentiate to kids that are a span of 5 grade levels apart in one classroom, one lesson plan. This sounds like a superhuman request.
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