She seemed very focused on tapping into their creativity.
Okay, I'm just going to be completely non-PC here, and point out that this kind of rhetoric is most frequently associated with pullouts that don't actually serve GIFTED populations, but bright/high-SES ones. In other words, I strongly suspect that you have ample evidence here that the "gifted" program is about moms and dads and not the kids.
(As in "MY little princess is in the GIFTED program..." <--- let's just say that I'm very familiar with this line, as our district identifies fully 30% of the student population as "GT" and doesn't do diddly squat for the top 1-2%.)
