Devil's advocate alert:

I've been witness to shady dealings because this parent knows that PTO President or that parent threatens this Administrator and then you end up with kids in a program and you're scratching your head as to HOW it happened as they are clearly out of place AND, worse, taking a slot away from a truly deserving Gifted kid. Grrr!


How would anyone know if a child is out of place in a gifted program? Clearly you couldn't be privy to this child's testing results.