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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's strange at some schools.  The more affluent and type-A the school, the more shadiness with the program.  That's because these people start lobbying in Kindergarten to have their kids in the program and [b]there are only so many available spots.[/b]

My firstborn fit every profile of GT.  He had numerous teacher recommendations from preschool, early elementary.  He always had top grades---straight As when they started getting grades without ever having to study.  He had all kinds of interests and is forever asking questions.  He  even would score 600 on SOLs and based on CoGat scores the school was required to evaluate him for GT.  He never got in.  He is also very well-behaved. He had friends in the program that never completed assignments.  My son would do all of the work for their group projects.  They didn't get the grades my son did, but parents were very big donors.   My son was put in Gt services in Middle School and he works several grade levels ahead.

My youngest is a good student.  He is a pleaser, good grades/straight As, etc.---but I don't think he goes above and beyond---not a true seeker of knowledge, doesn't think on a very deep level like older sibling.  His test scores were not as good (still good) as brothers and he was put in the program in third grade and has GT in Math and English.

The only thing I can come up with besides favoritism is that my older son was very shy in early elementary school where my younger son is not at all.  He is a talker.  I think when they screen/interview the kids that made a big difference.

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This is the first I have heard this; I don’t believe that it is true.  There aren’t “spots” in the program.[/quote]

You are correct, there is no quota. Everyone is evaluated individually, and if you qualify, you qualify, regardless of how many of your classmates do as well.[/quote]

Nope.  At our school there are a certain number of kids that can work with the GT teacher.   There is a cap.  They don't have resources for more.  They would have to hire an additional GT teacher.[/quote]

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