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I don't think anyone is anti-GTA.  It is just that the organization doesn't seem to have a very transparent way of doing business.  [b]It seems to be using GT to get their average kids labeled as GT.[/b]  Now I don't care one way or the other but it does mess up advocating for GT.  Anyway has anyone attended a meeting of the GTA?[/quote]

If you assume the worst of a set of people or a group that would see you are "anti" that organization. I am neither anti-GTA nor pro-GTA.  I support their "Challenge Every Child" manifesto.

What I have understood so far is that the small group of people called GTA are stuck between rock and hard place; on one side is a political group which wants all acceleration in local school be converted to heterogeneous differentiated classes, on the other side are some very vocal parents who think their highly gifted students are the only one who should be called "gifted".  I have read what GTA is advocating and it seems to me that they are trying to tackle some very difficult issues in MCPS. They are trying to keep accelerated education in MCPS local schools alive (this is extremely urgent) without having a bias that only Highly Gifted need accelerated education. Is that such a wrong thing to do. How do GTA folks demark the line of what should be "Gifted and Talented" in MCPS, when MCPS itself identifies that population?

Do I think GTA can improve, sure. However until I can find time out of my life to voluteer for GTA and be fully involved in their activities, I will not assume they have another agenda. I urge other people to take the same route to have open mind and support and oppose issues. [/quote]

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