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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, how old is your kid and what do you mean by not rigorous enough?[/quote]

OP. Thank you for all the advice in this thread! I feel like I have a lot of good leads. Only my older daughter is school-aged, and she's in elementary now - so I take the point that option schools might work, in addition to exploring private for middle school.

By not rigorous enough, I mean that she doesn't get teacher support for working above grade level. Recently, she asked for help practicing a new math skill, and her teacher said no, that's next year's math. The gifted cluster program does help, but it's not like what I experienced attending magnet schools, which APS doesn't offer. I suppose we could move to MCPS; we like where we live though.[/quote]

My Arlington kid went to TJ for high school, and they were not behind in math (or any other subject) the Fairfax County kids who had been in gifted centers since elementary school. As someone who was in gifted centers my whole life, and then raised my own gifted children, the most important things for your child to get out of elementary school are developing friendships and good academic habits, like reading books for pleasure and being able to get their homework done without any nagging. Having some other things they enjoy outside of school, like sports or art, is also important.

Red flags are your child is hopelessly bored at school or has no friends. If that's the case I'd look at other schools. I hear good things about Basis McLean. One of my kids who was more a humanities kid and had a great experience at one of the Big 3 privates.

Her teacher this year could be a bit of a dud, and I've found that it can help to be a bit of squeaky wheel with the gifted coordinator if your child isn't getting the support they need. [/quote]

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