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[quote=Anonymous]MCPS has 2 gifted pathways for 2E kids like your son.

One is competitive, open to all students to compete, and has more qualified students than seats. This option starts at 3rd grade and students must reapply at the end of ES and MS and there is no guarantee of continued access.  There is a Center for Enriched Studies (i.e. gifted magnet) for every 2-3 school clusters. So, if your kid is accepted they get bused to the CES.  Eastern MS is the humanities magnet for lower MoCo and similarly Takoma Park is the math/science computer magnet. HS magnets are Blair (math, sci & comp sci) and Richard Montgomery for IB.

The second pathway is via an IEP. The homeschool IEP team acknowledges that they can’t meet the needs of the child and he/she would be better served at one of the gifted and learning disabled placements - there is 1 ES, at least 1 MS (North Bethesda) and 1 HS (WJ).  This pathway is inly open to those with IEPs, and that usually means that despite being 2E, the student is behind grade level or needs special instruction in at least on academic area. You typically do not have to “reapply” because the placement is a result of the IEP.

Students with IEPs are eligible to apply to either pathway. One of my DC’s is 2E w/ ADHD.  He was accepted at TPMS.  I think it was helpful for him as it was more interesting teaching/instruction, but the teachers in his area of need were unaware of how to provide appropriate special instruction and we used a lot of private tutoring. Our experience is that this is an MCPS-wide problem.

You can find more MCPS info here:
https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/enriched/
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