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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm PP at 18:46  
"I know that you don't need to be labeled as being in the GT group to get services. You can pretty much ask and they will give"

My DC is a preschooler and will soon be in K.  In starting to research MCPS and the state of affairs at our local school, I have gotten exactly the opposite impression from what you posted above.  My impression is that in SOME schools - if you are lucky enough to have a principal and teachers who believe in it - there is an effort made to provide above grade level kids the services/work they need to actually advance at their own pace.  But this seems to not be the norm everywhere and at my red zone school w/ HUGE rates of ESOL and FARMS kids, I'm quite worried about a policy that just leaves such important decisions up to the whim of those running a given school.

I'm looking to organize w/ others that want to see ability grouping and acceleration required in a systemic way so that parents are not left on their own to try to persuade a principal/teacher to do this.  
GTA seems committted to that goal, so I'm inclined to join with them.  And no, I don't care about the label at all - I care about the fact that MCPS has a policy on the books for kids classified as GT that would seem to cover the issues I'm concerned about so long as they actually implement it.  If they come up w/ some new policy for people to try to push in an organized fashion for adoption that focuses broadly speaking at above grade level kids w/o labeling them in any way, then fine but that seems even less likely to happen.  One thing at a time...[/quote]

You must join with them!  You are able to parrot all their lines so well you'll fit in.

This is why the old GTA which many of us supported is being ignored by MCPS, and the BOE .... according to your letter.  [/quote]

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