<p>In our town you are gifted in 4th and 5th grade only. @@ Since the gifted program can include kids who are unevenly gifted, and they weren’t allowed to accelerate the curriculum, the math aspect was particularly silly. Middle school allowed math and science accleration in 8th grade officially, and we successfully got my older son accelerated in 6th, but it was like pulling teeth. High school was a breath of fresh air. Generally kids could take what they wanted. Luckily my older son was very self-directed and his interest wasn’t covered by school classes anyway. </p>