I wasn't talking about gifted education. None of the schools that use lottery for entrance in our area offers gifted education, they are simply "non-traditional" high school education, including IB program, early college, art focus, etc. The original post in this thread was asking about a high-ranking school, which may not be a gifted school.
While it is true that a high-ranking school may or may not be a gifted school (or have a gifted program) the ranking criteria were not revealed upthread and neither was the OP's school described specifically as a magnet school or a public school. Bearing in mind that many may use euphemisms to avoid the word "gifted", that alternative programs mentioned (such as IB and early college) are offered by some public school districts as their gifted program (or part of their gifted program) and this is a "Gifted Issues Discussion Forum", all responses on the thread have seemed to be on-topic regarding the thread's subject of "Lottery to gain entrance" and appear to be authentic to various poster's experiences.
I, for one, stand by the idea that public school districts should offer an education which mirrors the public which they are intended to serve, including offering a sufficient number of seats for advanced learners
making a lottery unnecessary.
You run off the end of the IEP years
Huh? Don't understand what you mean. IEP's can run through the completion of public H.S.?
Yes "Gifted" (GATE) ed ends officially at the end of 8th grade in my district. In H.S. has honors & AP classes that are "supposed" to fill the void but they are more performance based.
Not to veer off-topic from the thread's subject of "Lottery to gain entrance", but as described several places on the wrightslaw website, schools must have a plan for "
transitioning" students with an IEP, and this begins at age 14 (typical age for a high school freshman) to age 16. This "transitioning" may give casual observers the impression that the student has aged out of IEP services.
