EandCmom - your accelerated magnet sounds like our public GT magnet. Some of the parents act like their kids are attending Harvard at 6, which is a big turn off for both DH and I. I'm starting to think it's karmic we "lost" the lottery to get in there. I do think it's all about the parents. The kids could care less generally.

All 4 of us absolutely love any and all unstructured time we have.