We found a “gifted magnet” elementary school, but I’m wondering if it’s really better than a regular school..? Kids get into kindergarten by lottery, not by actual evaluation of applications. Starting 1st grade, they maintain 1 classroom of gifted kids per each grade, but the definition of giftedness is either by teacher discretion or top 7% percent which is not strictly adhered to. Called the school to ask if the gifted kids are still learning grade level materials, and they pretty much said yes but at a faster pace - this makes no sense to me. The school confirmed that there is no small group approach in the classroom. My son tested 148 full scale, 153 GAI (quit participating much the last couple of sections).
