way too early to determine if any of your kid’s “advanced learning” is going to carry over into the years that matter. In fact, many of the kids that were smart/advanced learners in elementary ended up falling behind once middle school and high school kicked in. simply because they thought they were so smart and eventually got lazy..
while as the kids that struggled early and cared about doing well developed the work ethics to overcome whatever learning difficulties disabilities they had.
if your kid really is advanced AND self motivisred in STEMs you are wasting your time considering public schools in 4S or Carmel Valley… And if he really isn’t into STEMs no matter how gifted you think he is, it also wont matter which district you pick because both are good.
Many of the peers of my kid that were previously “gate” or “advanced learners” fell off the cliff starting 7th grade because they forgot the part about being self motivated and couldn’t do something as simple as “doing homework”.
Carmel valley schools aren’t really any better or worse than 4S. The difference is the parents involvement. I haven’t been impressed with any of public schools.
There was virtually no difference between my kids elementary school in CarmelV and Chapperal in Rancho Bernardo which a lot of tiger parents in RB seem to flock to….The margin of error was directly related to the parental involvement, who collectively felt the same way…
