What sort of environment have your kids been in so far? My DS11 was in an accelerated program for HG kids in elementary, and he is currently in a very flexible STEAM charter that has no GT program. The contrast at first was pretty extreme, but the teachers and director have been really helpful in getting DS placed correctly, and there are a lot of project-based activities so that he can work at his level.
We had toured an accelerated program that was similar to DS's elementary, but DS wanted a change and also liked the idea of the STEAM focus. We toured a few other middle schools as well. It seemed to me that there were pros and cons for all, but any one of them would be OK, so we let DS choose. So far, so good, though there are still things that could be improved. Since it's just middle school, I thought we could experiment.
