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I know the k-8 program you are referring to and I am not sure how that will go. I think it will be a good program overall though, and they are moving over all the same teachers from the other school. They will also be doing building renovations. The plus of a k-8 with a district is that they can move up and do more challenging work if the district allows. The school that is moving has been very successful with children...but I can't say much about gifted chidren as I am honestly not sure. There are other magnet schools in the district and while I know about them, and know people working there...I still don't know about the gifted programming. Gifted stuff is what I do outside of work (and during a quick lunch break like now). I don't think it is a matter of intelligence with advocating. It's a matter of persistence and diplomacy. And even there it is just hard sometimes because schools often don't know much about gifted children. I hope advocating is not about intelligence or I am in trouble this fall. ; )