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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In other words, our program should be more like Fairfax County's -- more in-school and center-school options. I definitely agree that there should be more acceleration opportunities through a variety of mechanisms. [/quote]

I'm not sure that it should be just like Fairfax County, although I think Fairfax has taken great pains to address some of the fairness concerns that have come up in this thread.  First, there is a publicly announced cut score above which kids are considered and below which the kid must be parent referred.  The teacher recommendations are available to parents.  There appears to be no wait list, and appeals with outside testing are considered and lead to admission if meritorious.  A gifted child gets the same opportunities wherever in the county s/he may live.  The program also runs through MS.  No MS magnets.[/quote]

I'm not saying the admissions process should be the same -- just that the model of offering different levels of advanced/GT classes at both home schools and center schools, thus making acceleration available to more children, is a better model.[/quote]

It's a better model for many children, but not for the top ~2%.[/quote]

+1. The center should still be reserved for those truly gifted. Plus, top10% cannot fill up a class.[/quote]

I agree, it would need to be top 25% at our school-they aren't going to run a class of 12 when everyone else has 27 students. But if the class was actually different from the standard curriculum I'd still prefer it to busing to far away schools for my next child. First has done well at HGC, but the logistics and social costs are high.[/quote]

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