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I have two high school children in the Bend school district. Both were identified as TAG in 2 grade I believe. They had IEP's which supposedly were to help them be challenged at school. No teacher ever followed those guidelines and so they went on as normal students. My older daughter did well in school, but my son was content to be lazy and not make an effort. I was pleased that we had a dedicated 4th and 5th grade TAG classroom in the district, and he did well when I moved him there. He opted out of the 6th grade one because there was nothing past that anyway.

The sad thing is, the kids get little extra attention until high school when they can take Honors and AP classes. It would be nice if there was some consistency all through the school years.

It frustrates me the states pay so much for "special ed" yet ignore the smart kids. All I seem to hear from teachers is "gee, your kid is really smart, how nice."

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