Jon, I agree that some schools that call themself gifted are not good fits for some GT kids, especially HG/PG. That's merely my opinion, though. While you have to test GT to get in, what's really going on when the child gets there?

We moved to a district to attend a school like the one you describe and our experience is that it wasn't a perfect fit for our HG(+) kids. What you describe, teaching to the test for high scores and excessive work....I see a lot of that here and I'm not thrilled with it.