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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know two families who turned it down - so apparently not all parents are hung up on it.[/quote]

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I know a few parents who turned it down and my CES child has a friend he made there who left in the first quarter to return to his neighborhood school. A couple other kids did too. It wasn't due to academics as they were doing fine but I think they and their parents weren't into it in the first place.[/quote]
I wonder if more and more parents are opting out lately compared to a few years ago when it was still HGC. I knew no one who opted out or dropped out and went back to the home school at our HGC. [/quote]

This is what our school administration told us. It was practically unheard of for someone to leave but this year, the first for universal screening for the whole system, it was not uncommon. Remember parents used to spend a lot of time applying, writing essays and getting teacher recommendations. The kid and the family had to be pretty motivated to even apply. Now they have a system where they just pluck kids from the whole system and many don't want to bother commuting, don't want to leave their regular school for just two years, or feel their child is adequately challenged.

I know one family that turned down the spot without going to the open house.[/quote]

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