Hi everyone - I have been lurking around this forum for a while. I would like to hear the wisdom from the forum on whether or not it would be beneficial to start a "parents of gifted children group" in our local school district. We have a great program in the district from K-8 spread out over several schools. My thoughts are that a parents' program/group/PTA would allow for better communication within the district as well as across the schools. Parents might be able to share what they have learned or experienced with their kids (what extra-curricular programs were a hit and why)as well as having a few speakers come in 1x or 2x a year to address a topic of interest. Having been involved with a PTA in the past I wanted to stay away from that model of monthly boring meetings/fundraising. The district has a single person in charge of the gifted program but he seems to be just a "gate-keeper" to the program with most of his time consumed with applications. He does not seem to be interested in developing a community among the families in the program.
Do any of your school districts have such a group and if so how is it received by families and the district? I thank you in advance for any advice, direction, warnings you may have.
