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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's the funny thing.  Everyone thinks their child is G&T until they go out to the burbs, take the test (which BTW, isn't all about how well a kid can multiply or what level they read on), and many find out their kid is just a good student who is maybe above average.  The kid then gets dropped into a classroom with 30+ children and since the family now lives in the promised land of MoCo or Fairfax--they shut up because 1) Even though their kid isn't in G&T, socioeconomically the classrooms are homogeneous (the cost of real estate keeps out "the others"), 2) The test scores are great so the kid has to be getting a fabulous education...right? and 3) In the promised land, whatever school you're zoned for is the school you go to, so whether you're happy with it or not, it's your only choice apart from going private.

I have a friend who moved to Fairfax.  One kid got into the G&T program (which is very good--make no mistake), and is thriving (but I should note that the kid was thriving in their DCPS as well).  The sibling did not get into the G&T program and is unfortunately getting lost.  The second kid was actually happier and did much better academically in their small DCPS which only had 17 students in a class.

On a more personal note, when my family lived in another jurisdiction, my oldest was in a G&T pull out program.  She loved the G&T program but was bored in the regular classroom.  There were 200 kids in her grade (8 classes).  Only 12 kids were in her G&T class.

Even if DCPS and Charters were to launch G&T programs here, imagine the weeping and gnashing of teeth when parents find out their kid didn't make the cut.

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Bingo!! You nailed it.[/quote]

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