They don't even sit with each other and they never meet as a group, for either reading or math. I was told at conferences a parent was coming in once a week to pull them out for math, but DD says this has never happened. So they are in an "ability-group" but only in terms of getting the same spelling words and the same enrichment packet for math. They read different books independently.
Oh, I should also add that the kids in the cluster would move from grade to grade with each other and always be placed with the same teacher. There is a possibly that other kids would be added to the cluster if they are identified as gifted later on.
I am really hoping that the district accepts DD's WISC scores and she can go to the gifted magnet. This cluster grouping sounds good on paper but in reality it seems rather ridiculous. I'm not sure what the point is of even putting them in the same class.
