His point is that by being in the right place for whatever reason, places a student into an accelerated path. Having an advocate, oh.. such as one of the parents on this website, is one of the advocates of which he was speaking. I see this all the time. I have a student who I just recommended to GT. His mom works at Wal-Mart and neither parents are very involved.

Entitlement helps. Many parents would never dare request "privileges" for their child. Those who do, give their child a chance to be in a different category instead of languishing.

I really prefer a gifted or pre-ap classroom instead of a skip. The older students get; the worse their attitude is. I really wanted my daughter to not be around those students and catch that attitude until she was older. So far, her principal has some great ideas for the gifted students and she can be around "interested students".