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[quote=Anonymous]Interesting discussion. I have twins in the Loudoun county schools, both were selected for the pool with teacher recommendations (and they are in the same class). They have nearly identical grades though my son is a little more difficult in class, has had some developmental learning issues back in Kindergarten (in a different state). His test scores were slightly lower than my daughters. My son is very smart, had memorized all the 50 Presidents, in order, their full names and wives, by 1st grade.   To this day if you ask him which president is number 27, he will know.  He's an unusual kid... and definitely "smart".

My daughter got into Futura, my son did not. My dd even said when she found out "but he's smarter than me!", and in many ways he is. That said, if someone asked me when my kids were toddlers, did I think they were gifted, I would have said my daughter is. She has always been unusually advanced, by age 18 months she was engaging in full conversations with adults.  She is naturally quicker to pick things up that my son and has natural leadership abilities. Frankly she is the one who NEEDS to be in this program because she is so socially aware that she will dumb herself down to fit in with the other kids.    So while it is not making me happy to have to explain to my son that he did not get in, I am not going to appeal it because I understand that he is not quite in the same category as my DD. He will be just as successful in life and is just as "smart", but she is definitely "gifted".

I am curious how many they did choose in each grade. I know of two of my DD's friends, who are probably about the same as DS grades and level wise, and they also did not get in. Does anyone know as a percentage of the 3rd grade classes?[/quote]

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