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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks for the helpful responses.  To be clear, DD is not LD, or autistic, or anxious. She is just not an easy going gifted kid - there are some who are people pleasers and are happy doing whatever extra credit work is given and getting good grades. DD is happy doing deep thinking in whatever areas interest her at the moment.  She'll do school work, but often it is reluctantly if it doesn't have meaning to her. But when something does has meaning, she dives deep into it. So we're looking for a program that will let her dive deep and engage in critical thinking, but not something that feels like a pressure cooker, filled only with kids who are focused on grades rather than learning.[/quote]

You sound like you really want to help her and my main advice would be to stop thinking her issues are due to her giftedness. Sounds like magnet schools are probably a bad fit even if she could get in. Those kids usually get good grades and work really hard. Can you afford private? There are some good schools for bright kids but who are not reaching their potential. You may want to visit McLean, Green Acres although that one only goes up through 8th.[/quote]

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