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[quote=Anonymous]Sooooooo back to what I thought was OP's original question: what's the back up plan? Our DC was not accepted to the HGC program last year, which I assume was mostly (solely?) due to HGC test score (we did not test prep DC for it, which was a mistake in hindsight, as I think most parents do). DC reads several grade levels ahead, did very well on IQ test, and did very well on other MoCo tests and receives good teacher recs, so, yup, count me as one of the parents who thinks that lots of smarts kids are left out of HGC (and I accept that's the way the cookie crumbles--can't always get in, but doesn't mean DC couldn't have benefitted from HGC and done well). Anyway -- DC loves compacted math this year (obviously got in) but otherwise very bored at home school. DC's teacher confirmed DC's reading off the charts and DC has no reading peers in the class. It has taken months to get more challenge in place for DC, who has been literally bored to tears. We will go private next year. But I'd suggest trying the home school and just being pro-active from day one next fall about being sure your DC has a peer group in the class and is appropriately challenged (if you can make public work, I'd say go for it--private is $$!). Good luck, OP![/quote]

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