Originally Posted by incogneato
Thanks Dottie. grin

98th, 99th percentile. That is a tiny part of the population. The school's responsibility is the whole group. They can't expend massive amounts of time and resources catering to 2%. I don't even think that would be right.
But, I am a taxpayer and they do have to be flexible with me in my quest to properly educate my child.
If they can do that, I'm more than happy.
My child, my responsibility. DH and I have the largest stake in that process, it's good to be realistic.

I respectfully disagree. Those 2% of kids are the ones with the highest probability of being the inventors, leaders, and entrepreneurs of tomorrow. They're the ones with the most potential to do beneficial things for society and we ignore them. Helping them excel will ultimately help everyone. Ignoring them harms their development AND sends a bad message. Other developed nations see this and group by ability. We don't in the name of phony egalitarianism.

Val