Originally Posted by blackcat
I think gate means different things in different places. My DS is in a gate program and everyone has cognitive ability over 98th percentile and it's full time. The district buses kids from all over the district to the elementary that houses the program.

Wow! That's great. Really super. Around here, it's one one of those pullout things. Though that's better than where I went to school, where they tested us, welcomed us to the program, and then gave all the money they got for gifted students to another program. Which seems to bring us back to the thread about 1000 school districts in California and using the GATE money for band uniforms.