I don't have any advice to give regarding CA schools but would like to make an observation. It seems from reading this board that California parents of gifted children very often feel compelled to send them to expensive private schools. California has a high cost of living, even assuming one sends one's children to public schools. Paying for 12 years of private school for more than one child, in addition to college, is very expensive.
It's my impression that most (but not all) people in affluent Boston suburbs send their gifted children to public schools. We do. Most MA public schools do nothing extra for gifted kids, but parents seem to think the public schools are tolerable.
Why the difference between CA and MA?
