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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not everyone at Speyer is profoundly gifted. Giftedness is a spectrum like anything else. This is where a 6:1 student to teacher ratio is awesome. It can meet kids where they are and support that vs being lost or bored in a classroom of 25 catered to the lowest denominator. Some kids there are exactly where yours is. Curiosity is encouraged. Experimentation is encouraged. Experiential learning is huge. This is a page on exmissions. The "proof is in the pudding". Its a wonderful k-8 with really great exmissions that a lot of people are happy at, that does cater to the spectrum of gifted children. [/quote]

Well sure but wouldn't those kids be better off at a school where they were one of the top kids? Just as a general rule, at almost any private school you're not getting your money's worth exmissions-wise if you're in the bottom half of the class; the 2nd smartest kid at Dwight probably has better college prospects than the 80th smartest kid at Trinity.[/quote]

The smart kids who matriculate into Trinity or the like, are not behind.... they are giving the legacy a run for their money and every year Speyer seems to send a few.

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Wait, aren’t all kids at Speyer gifted? What do you mean all the “smart” kids who matriculate into Trinity?

I know Speyer kids who struggled through Trinity (especially in certain subjects), and Speyer kids who didn’t get in despite having a sibling there. The school was wildly known as pay to play for a… while. The oldest graduates are like, 22 years old. Schools need money and they took plenty of completely average kids who didn’t get in anywhere else. Maybe that will change, but a run for their money? That’s a bold statement. [/quote]

This is what's concerning to me about the school - there aren't nearly enough "profoundly gifted" kids who can pay $70k a year for their business model to make sense. And profoundly gifted kids can often be 2E which requires all kinds of extra supports and dealing with behavioral issues (speaking as someone with a sibling who was profoundly gifted but also faced lots of social and behavioral issues growing up). So essentially it's just a normal private school for kids who didn't get in elsewhere, potentially with a higher proportion of 2E kids. Not the best value prop for regular bright kids. I would rather have my kid be at public school or a 2T like Trevor. [/quote]

Trevor is 3T[/quote]

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