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    Which option can you comfortably afford? Which school had the best feel when you walked into it? Was there a principal you clicked with?

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    I think that no matter how much one option might appear to be better than the other in theory, the best input you're going to get on any school is from other parents whose children have attended there. Sometimes things such as teachers, willingness of the admin staff to be flexible, the type of curriculum and learning that goes on in the regular classroom (is it project-oriented, for instance) can make much more of a difference in what a school is like than the advertised gifted/acceleration/etc policies.

    Although I don't have experience personally with any of these schools, I've known several children who've gone through K-12 immersion programs. I'd ask about how the Edison school works - it's been an option that's worked well for the EG kids I've known in very early elementary - but immersion is approached in different ways in different schools, so our schools wouldn't necessarily match the Edison approach. Part of what makes it (here) work well for the gifted children I'e known is that they are still allowed to participate in (meaningful, well-run) gifted pull-out programs, and the 2nd language portion is taught half-day and it's total immersion - so for kids who aren't native language speakers, it's challenging in that aspect. The programs we have seem to be staffed with great teachers too... which makes such a huge difference!

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    My choice for my DYS DS was for the gifted school because in a non gifted setting he had a great deal of difficulty with the other kids. At the gifted school, they are not all working at his level and he still is way above in some areas - but not in all - and his emotional needs fit in better, although not perfectly. In pre-k he had no one who understood his vocab so couldn't get his pretending - that isn't an issue in the gifted school. And as some wise individuals on this board have noted, you can't plan very far ahead with these kids - what works for this year and next might completely fall apart by 3rd or 4th. Go with what will work best for K and 1st. Also, expecting any school to fully meet the needs of someone profoundly gifted might be a little unreasonable. You need to figure out how much of what is needed is ok for you.

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