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My son was a TAG child in the Reynolds school district, and he was in an excellent TAG pull-out program from 2nd to 5th grade. Then in middle school it all ended and he lost the benefits of both the special learning experience and the community of other TAG children. He cried after the party celebrating the last day of TAG in 5th grade.
I had as similar experience in the Salem public schools in the 1960's. I was in a wonderful TAG-like program (EA) in grade school. It ended when I reached junior high. I complained so much about being bored that my parents sent me to college when I was 15. In college, for the first time, I liked school, and I graduated at the top of my class.

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