I know of two other PG kids from friend's kids at local privates as well. They are subject accelerated 4+ years. The latter seem to be found in 1 out of every four grades. The privates seem to be very attuned to what these kids look like.
Agreed, at least with my experience in California. I'll add that I think that it's beyond being attuned to what HG+ kids look like. It's also that the privates
accept that these kids exist and have legitimate needs in school. Public schools here don't even seem to want to acknowledge that really smart kids exist, let alone that they have needs. I know that some public schools aren't like this, but my impression is that they're the exception to the rule.
The major private schools here hold open houses just for parents of gifted kids. On the EPGY thread, I mentioned that my kids' school is going to introduce EPGY and someone asked how they were persuaded to do that. The answer is that they weren't persuaded --- it was their idea.
As for teachers. Here is what I have found.
Most have teaching degrees and are not equipped to deal with a PG kid once the kids start getting into HS or college level math/science. If the best math teacher at the school does not have a math degree then they will not be able to teach much beyond Algebra I at the level a PG kid needs. From there, they need a teacher with a hard degree and graduate level experience.
My son goes to a public charter this year. His math teacher sent around a Math Myths worksheet in September that announced that there's no such thing as a mathy mind. No real mathematician would say that.
