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California's most neglected group of students: the gifted ones

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412 points tafda | 2 comments | 26 Nov 24 16:53 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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glimshe ◴[26 Nov 24 17:38 UTC] No.42247847[source]▶
I had to leave California so my gifted child could get a proper education. Now he's getting it, while I'm paying roughly half in property taxes.
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wood_spirit ◴[26 Nov 24 17:47 UTC] No.42247945[source]▶
Can you share more details? Where have you moved to? What alternatives did you consider?
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glimshe ◴[26 Nov 24 18:12 UTC] No.42248254[source]▶
I moved to Forsyth County, GA, where my child has access to excellent computer science and musical education (not to mention AP classes and 3 tiers bases on student achievement). In fact, he didn't make it to the top tier in everything because they were just too strong. This is a good thing!

In his supposedly "10" California school, music had been defunded to spread equality to other school systems; also, no career emphasis programs or special tracks were available.

I considered moving to one of the Dallas suburbs, but I like the Southeast weather and setting better.

Note: I'm "Latino", whatever that means, and my son is mixed (my wife is a snow white American) with a "Latino" last name.

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1. goodhombre ◴[26 Nov 24 21:56 UTC] No.42250489[source]▶
Latino is widely understood to refer to people descended from the population of Latin America.
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2. glimshe ◴[27 Nov 24 03:28 UTC] No.42252622[source]▶
That was somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but the term isn't very consistently applied. I mentioned it just in case someone thinks that a person from a Latino/Hispanic background would have a hard time in this part of the country (I've met people who assumed that). I live in a fairly diverse area.