Schools & School districts

[Coronita]

UCGal,

If you’re kids are exceptional learners, I think you would be disappointed with just about every california public schools that are ranked “good”, simply because of the way resources/time are dedicated to bringing the less than average kids and average kids on par. (Won’t go into the issues with the no-kid-left-behind program). You’re options are probably better off in private schools.

Frankly, some of these “GATE” programs imho vary in usefulness. Plenty of my most successful colleagues never attended them. And conversely, I’m living proof that the GATE programs don’t really help significantly :). Up until the funding issues, CV schools did more ESC enrichment programs…But from what I’ve seen the difference between CV and Poway schools is negligible if any.

I guess you pay for the environment more so than the actual educational content.(Ie you find less gangbangers in better areas then somewhere else).

Fortunately, I have 2-3 more years before I decide whether to send my kid to a private school. The flip side of private schools (aside from cost) is that they tend to be more of a sheltered learning imho.

Alternatively, you can do what some of the parents I know do. Send them to an above average public school, then do an enrichment program afterschool at a private place. Let me know if you need a list.

[UCGal]

Thanks Piggs –

My son was just identified GATE and just missed Seminar if you can believe the raven percentile. (I knew he was smart, but didn’t know it was that close.) Our school, Curie Elementary, is top ranked… but we’ve had a few ‘bad fits’ with teachers – twice my older son has had teachers who didn’t ‘get’ him and held him back to the class level in math and science. The result was a lot of boredom and resentment… not something I want going forward. I’m hoping 3rd grade will be a better experience because at least he’ll have a teacher that has some training in GATE kids. In theory, he won’t be held back to the grade level in the subjects he’s good at. I think our situation was teacher specific because friends’ kids, who had different teachers, did not have the same teacher, and their kids were encouraged to move to their level in the various subjects they were strong in.

(SDUSD requires GATE certification for GATE cluster teachers – but since the GATE program doesn’t start till the 3rd grade…)

I have a good friend who’s kids are, I’m certain, seminar level. She was a product of seminar and her husband is also off-the-charts smart. They’re moving back sunny San Diego next year. I was trying to figure out what advice/experience I could glean from the Piggs here about school districts for exceptional kids.

It’s not in my future to do private schools – not unless I give up the idea of retirement. I do supplement educational stuff after school – my sister is a teacher who gives me materials to work with.

[UCGal]

Thanks Piggs –

My son was just identified GATE and just missed Seminar if you can believe the raven percentile. (I knew he was smart, but didn’t know it was that close.) Our school, Curie Elementary, is top ranked… but we’ve had a few ‘bad fits’ with teachers – twice my older son has had teachers who didn’t ‘get’ him and held him back to the class level in math and science. The result was a lot of boredom and resentment… not something I want going forward. I’m hoping 3rd grade will be a better experience because at least he’ll have a teacher that has some training in GATE kids. In theory, he won’t be held back to the grade level in the subjects he’s good at. I think our situation was teacher specific because friends’ kids, who had different teachers, did not have the same teacher, and their kids were encouraged to move to their level in the various subjects they were strong in.

(SDUSD requires GATE certification for GATE cluster teachers – but since the GATE program doesn’t start till the 3rd grade…)

I have a good friend who’s kids are, I’m certain, seminar level. She was a product of seminar and her husband is also off-the-charts smart. They’re moving back sunny San Diego next year. I was trying to figure out what advice/experience I could glean from the Piggs here about school districts for exceptional kids.

It’s not in my future to do private schools – not unless I give up the idea of retirement. I do supplement educational stuff after school – my sister is a teacher who gives me materials to work with.

[UCGal]

Thanks Piggs –

My son was just identified GATE and just missed Seminar if you can believe the raven percentile. (I knew he was smart, but didn’t know it was that close.) Our school, Curie Elementary, is top ranked… but we’ve had a few ‘bad fits’ with teachers – twice my older son has had teachers who didn’t ‘get’ him and held him back to the class level in math and science. The result was a lot of boredom and resentment… not something I want going forward. I’m hoping 3rd grade will be a better experience because at least he’ll have a teacher that has some training in GATE kids. In theory, he won’t be held back to the grade level in the subjects he’s good at. I think our situation was teacher specific because friends’ kids, who had different teachers, did not have the same teacher, and their kids were encouraged to move to their level in the various subjects they were strong in.

(SDUSD requires GATE certification for GATE cluster teachers – but since the GATE program doesn’t start till the 3rd grade…)

I have a good friend who’s kids are, I’m certain, seminar level. She was a product of seminar and her husband is also off-the-charts smart. They’re moving back sunny San Diego next year. I was trying to figure out what advice/experience I could glean from the Piggs here about school districts for exceptional kids.

It’s not in my future to do private schools – not unless I give up the idea of retirement. I do supplement educational stuff after school – my sister is a teacher who gives me materials to work with.

[UCGal]

Thanks Piggs –

My son was just identified GATE and just missed Seminar if you can believe the raven percentile. (I knew he was smart, but didn’t know it was that close.) Our school, Curie Elementary, is top ranked… but we’ve had a few ‘bad fits’ with teachers – twice my older son has had teachers who didn’t ‘get’ him and held him back to the class level in math and science. The result was a lot of boredom and resentment… not something I want going forward. I’m hoping 3rd grade will be a better experience because at least he’ll have a teacher that has some training in GATE kids. In theory, he won’t be held back to the grade level in the subjects he’s good at. I think our situation was teacher specific because friends’ kids, who had different teachers, did not have the same teacher, and their kids were encouraged to move to their level in the various subjects they were strong in.

(SDUSD requires GATE certification for GATE cluster teachers – but since the GATE program doesn’t start till the 3rd grade…)

I have a good friend who’s kids are, I’m certain, seminar level. She was a product of seminar and her husband is also off-the-charts smart. They’re moving back sunny San Diego next year. I was trying to figure out what advice/experience I could glean from the Piggs here about school districts for exceptional kids.

It’s not in my future to do private schools – not unless I give up the idea of retirement. I do supplement educational stuff after school – my sister is a teacher who gives me materials to work with.

[UCGal]

Thanks Piggs –

My son was just identified GATE and just missed Seminar if you can believe the raven percentile. (I knew he was smart, but didn’t know it was that close.) Our school, Curie Elementary, is top ranked… but we’ve had a few ‘bad fits’ with teachers – twice my older son has had teachers who didn’t ‘get’ him and held him back to the class level in math and science. The result was a lot of boredom and resentment… not something I want going forward. I’m hoping 3rd grade will be a better experience because at least he’ll have a teacher that has some training in GATE kids. In theory, he won’t be held back to the grade level in the subjects he’s good at. I think our situation was teacher specific because friends’ kids, who had different teachers, did not have the same teacher, and their kids were encouraged to move to their level in the various subjects they were strong in.

(SDUSD requires GATE certification for GATE cluster teachers – but since the GATE program doesn’t start till the 3rd grade…)

I have a good friend who’s kids are, I’m certain, seminar level. She was a product of seminar and her husband is also off-the-charts smart. They’re moving back sunny San Diego next year. I was trying to figure out what advice/experience I could glean from the Piggs here about school districts for exceptional kids.

It’s not in my future to do private schools – not unless I give up the idea of retirement. I do supplement educational stuff after school – my sister is a teacher who gives me materials to work with.

[CBad]

Carlsbad has a GATE program and tests in 2nd grade. My daughter is in 2nd and just tested into it. It doesn’t really matter though because I homeschool my kids. But I had her tested as a back up plan in case she ever does go into Carlsbad’s public schools. My kids go to Carlsbad’s homeschool program. They physically go into school 2 days a week there and also do field trips, oral presentations, and standardized testing with that group of kids. The homeschool class is 95% GATE students and the teacher does classroom projects accordingly.

Personally I don’t think GATE is that big of a deal. I’m a product of GATE from Orange County schools. For some reason I was tested in Kindergarten (have never heard of anyone else who was tested in K). I was pulled out of class with one other kid in 2nd grade 2 days a week (which by the way, I hated that, I didn’t like being singled or I guess doubled out) to join the 3rd grade GATE class. 3rd grade started full time GATE classes and some of my friends were in the class so I was happy. I would say the only benefit of GATE is that you don’t wait around in class for others to catch up. But as an adult who has lived in the real world, you live and work with people of various levels of intelligence and hopefully come to the realization that intelligence comes in many forms and is not the only factor that makes a person someone you want to be around.

[CBad]

Carlsbad has a GATE program and tests in 2nd grade. My daughter is in 2nd and just tested into it. It doesn’t really matter though because I homeschool my kids. But I had her tested as a back up plan in case she ever does go into Carlsbad’s public schools. My kids go to Carlsbad’s homeschool program. They physically go into school 2 days a week there and also do field trips, oral presentations, and standardized testing with that group of kids. The homeschool class is 95% GATE students and the teacher does classroom projects accordingly.

Personally I don’t think GATE is that big of a deal. I’m a product of GATE from Orange County schools. For some reason I was tested in Kindergarten (have never heard of anyone else who was tested in K). I was pulled out of class with one other kid in 2nd grade 2 days a week (which by the way, I hated that, I didn’t like being singled or I guess doubled out) to join the 3rd grade GATE class. 3rd grade started full time GATE classes and some of my friends were in the class so I was happy. I would say the only benefit of GATE is that you don’t wait around in class for others to catch up. But as an adult who has lived in the real world, you live and work with people of various levels of intelligence and hopefully come to the realization that intelligence comes in many forms and is not the only factor that makes a person someone you want to be around.

[CBad]

Carlsbad has a GATE program and tests in 2nd grade. My daughter is in 2nd and just tested into it. It doesn’t really matter though because I homeschool my kids. But I had her tested as a back up plan in case she ever does go into Carlsbad’s public schools. My kids go to Carlsbad’s homeschool program. They physically go into school 2 days a week there and also do field trips, oral presentations, and standardized testing with that group of kids. The homeschool class is 95% GATE students and the teacher does classroom projects accordingly.

Personally I don’t think GATE is that big of a deal. I’m a product of GATE from Orange County schools. For some reason I was tested in Kindergarten (have never heard of anyone else who was tested in K). I was pulled out of class with one other kid in 2nd grade 2 days a week (which by the way, I hated that, I didn’t like being singled or I guess doubled out) to join the 3rd grade GATE class. 3rd grade started full time GATE classes and some of my friends were in the class so I was happy. I would say the only benefit of GATE is that you don’t wait around in class for others to catch up. But as an adult who has lived in the real world, you live and work with people of various levels of intelligence and hopefully come to the realization that intelligence comes in many forms and is not the only factor that makes a person someone you want to be around.

[CBad]

Carlsbad has a GATE program and tests in 2nd grade. My daughter is in 2nd and just tested into it. It doesn’t really matter though because I homeschool my kids. But I had her tested as a back up plan in case she ever does go into Carlsbad’s public schools. My kids go to Carlsbad’s homeschool program. They physically go into school 2 days a week there and also do field trips, oral presentations, and standardized testing with that group of kids. The homeschool class is 95% GATE students and the teacher does classroom projects accordingly.

Personally I don’t think GATE is that big of a deal. I’m a product of GATE from Orange County schools. For some reason I was tested in Kindergarten (have never heard of anyone else who was tested in K). I was pulled out of class with one other kid in 2nd grade 2 days a week (which by the way, I hated that, I didn’t like being singled or I guess doubled out) to join the 3rd grade GATE class. 3rd grade started full time GATE classes and some of my friends were in the class so I was happy. I would say the only benefit of GATE is that you don’t wait around in class for others to catch up. But as an adult who has lived in the real world, you live and work with people of various levels of intelligence and hopefully come to the realization that intelligence comes in many forms and is not the only factor that makes a person someone you want to be around.

[CBad]

Carlsbad has a GATE program and tests in 2nd grade. My daughter is in 2nd and just tested into it. It doesn’t really matter though because I homeschool my kids. But I had her tested as a back up plan in case she ever does go into Carlsbad’s public schools. My kids go to Carlsbad’s homeschool program. They physically go into school 2 days a week there and also do field trips, oral presentations, and standardized testing with that group of kids. The homeschool class is 95% GATE students and the teacher does classroom projects accordingly.

Personally I don’t think GATE is that big of a deal. I’m a product of GATE from Orange County schools. For some reason I was tested in Kindergarten (have never heard of anyone else who was tested in K). I was pulled out of class with one other kid in 2nd grade 2 days a week (which by the way, I hated that, I didn’t like being singled or I guess doubled out) to join the 3rd grade GATE class. 3rd grade started full time GATE classes and some of my friends were in the class so I was happy. I would say the only benefit of GATE is that you don’t wait around in class for others to catch up. But as an adult who has lived in the real world, you live and work with people of various levels of intelligence and hopefully come to the realization that intelligence comes in many forms and is not the only factor that makes a person someone you want to be around.

[Veritas]

I would like to see a test for common sense.

[Veritas]

I would like to see a test for common sense.

[Veritas]

I would like to see a test for common sense.

[Veritas]

I would like to see a test for common sense.

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