NotSoGifted, my school district is... well, kind of messed up. There's surely no money to bus a gifted kid from elementary to the middle/high. They are re-aligning our schools back to a Pre-K - 7 for Elementary and 8-12 for high school next year and then not having a middle school at all. That is what our district is rated for by our state anyway.
The middle came about due to a natural disaster (hurriquake one week, tropical storm the next, maintenance issues, etc.). The middle school is housed on the high school campus in modular units, so we're not talking a long walk to the high school.
Anyhoo, the math track is not to have Algebra til 9th grade. They do 7th and 8th grade math. Our school is very, very small so there's definitely not enough kids to track into a classroom for Algebra in the middle school. I and my hubby both took Algebra in around 8th grade at the schools we attended.
For gifted kids here, at least in elementary, they differentiate curriculum within the grade they are in, or if it's more beneficial/works out better scheduling-wise, they will skip a grade. They typically do not skip though.
Editing to add that my DD got identified very late -- as in this year.
Last edited by 2GiftedKids; 05/08/14 11:54 AM.
