<p>Our state had a very good public elementary school for HGT kids when my son went there. It was set up in the poorer quadrant and was supposed to serve HGT kids from the neighboring area. My son started there in 1st grade during the 2nd year of the school’s existence. This is an all day school, not a pull out program. When my son went to the school, there was quite a bit of diversity in the school. The majority of the teachers in the school are HGT certified. He is now a freshman in college. Fast forward. My daughter, who is in 7th grade, also attended the same elementary school. I saw the shift from it being a school for HGT kids in the quadrant, to a school for wealthier children who test better in K and 1st grade. It is very hard/expensive to test for giftedness at 4 or 5. So, the majority of kids who are getting in are the the ones who have benefitted from pre-school and tons of parental involvement. I am not saying the school isn’t still good. It just doesn’t serve the originally intended purpose of the first Principal.</p>
<p>Our state does have IEPs for HGT kids through middle school. I doesn’t really mean much. My daughter is in the only HGT middle school for our district. Only 3 of the teachers in the school are HGT certified. I am not saying that some of the non-certified teachers aren’t good, they are. However, you would expect more of the teachers to be certified in the only HGT program in the district. Her IEP involves a passion project. In addition to her regular schoolwork, she has to complete a project on something about which she is passionate. My daughter’s IEP has about four generic sentences about challenging her in the areas of reading/writing/math and social studies. I am sure that some of the IEPs are much more extensive as there are twice-exceptional kids who need additional services. </p>
<p>There are no HGT high schools. Just AP/honors. </p>
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