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Sorry, in rereading I think I confused myself and OP.  I thought the Chevy Chase program was the equivalent of the Takoma Park one, starting in 1st.  Since there's no other official acceleration before the HGCs start, I thought one of those early elementary programs would be good for OP if they chose Montgomery County.  To the best of my knowledge, for example, TPES is the only school that starts pull-out math acceleration in 1st.   [/quote]

Yes but tons of high performing kids do not bother applying because it's far and at least some of the principals of the W schools argue that this program is inferior to the education you'd get at their own schools and the peer group is stronger at a place like Wayside or other top elementary. If you like Takoma Park I would consider the school but I wouldn't limit my search just for this school.

I have known a handful of profoundly gifted people in my life and one went to GDS, one to Blair. One guy stayed at his neighborhood high school because he didn't want to leave his friends and let's face it even in a magnet program he would probably have been head and shoulders above everyone else so why commute so far and give up the social life that comes with going to school close by?
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