There is certainly no exodus of people from one side of the river to the other-- and while that isn't direct evidence that the situation isn't better-- it is probably indirect evidence that this is so. The cost of living is certainly lower in Vancouver, and yet relatively few families have moved there from Portland with their school-aged children.
My spouse works for a high tech company with a site over the river, and "good schools" or "good for families" isn't a really big selling point for that particular site-- which tells me that they probably are NOT that good. Does that help? We were cautioned about the schooling situation in Vancouver back a decade ago, at least-- and while much can change in that time, we certainly haven't heard anything that indicates that it has.
Of course, that may say nothing at all about gifted education in broad terms, even, and certainly not much about what it might signify to children in the HG+ range.
In the PNW, the Seattle/Everett area is the ONLY one that I hear good things about with respect to gifted education options. I know several people in that region who have DYS-level kids who have been quite pleased with the schooling options. The full K-college spectrum exists there for them-- which is rare anywhere, but simply does not exist anywhere else in the region.
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