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Cps gifted testing results11/23/2023 Many thanks to you and any others in the community. Lastly – since you seem to have amassed an enormous bit of CPS knowledge – any thots re LaSalle…Why is this magnet so much better regarded than most others? Reports of massive intra-year gifted teacher turnover? Do you or the community know anything about Pritzker? There seems to be a bad vibe between the Principal and gifted teachers regarding the integration of the neighborhood kids and gifted….all one school stuff. Pritzker on the other hand we were resoundingly underwhelmed by. We are quite impressed with decauter – despite the distance – think it is worth the effort to make that work. luckily also have a la salle slot and low waitlist number. Both scored high (must have been a good breakfast) and got in…however one into pritzker gifted and the other decauter classical. So as I am brand new to CPS – one of those private school families suddenly on the edge in this economy – we had our kids tested. I’m brand new to the site and have been relieved/entertained by your ability to hit on so many topics I have been chewing on this CPS season…notably the good bit of game theory involved in the gifted/classical testing process (school ordering) and waitlisting. Thanks for all your detailed and frequent posting. To reach CPSObsessed for questions, personal advice, commiserating, or random thoughts, please email me at adad | Apat 11:16 pm I’m excited about being part of the new program at the school and to be a CPS parent and get the full city-school experience, but also a bit nervous about the potential obstacles or frustrations that may lie ahead. Ultimately, the administration at the New Gifted School continued to impress me repeatedly… enough to overcome our nervousness about CPS. I spent hours upon hours talking to anyone and everyone who would listen/share about their opinions and experiences. The decision to leave the cushy private school enviroment for CPS was a big one. Sure, his grandmother thinks he’s a genius but he seems like a regular kid to me - certainly not any different than the other kids his age I converse with (conversations being mainly about Sponge Bob and superheroes, of course, so how intellectual can it get?) I say luck because I can’t help but wonder if there was a score mix-up of some sort. Luck was on our side and he tested into a new Regional Gifted Center that is opening in Fall 2008 at what I will call the New Gifted School. But being the education-obsessed mom that I am, I had to get him tested for the Gifted/Classical schools. Our son spent his first 2 years of PreK at a private Montessori school. (No, my brain had seemingly not grasped that “choice” is mainly an illusion in the Chicago school universe.) **As of Fall 2009, I’m the mom of a 6-year-old who is first grade in one of the regional gifted centers.** A significant portion of my braintime for the past few years has been spent researching the different opportunities for education in our city and determining which school will be the best fit for him. I’m the mom of a 5-year-old son who will be entering Kindergarten in Fall 2008 in Chicago. This is a blog about a parent who is about to dive into CPS… the Chicago Public School system and the ongoing anxiety that will likely follow. This is who I was when I started this blog in 2008 when my son was entering Kindergarten: Now we have some time to relax until college applications start. After starting the blog before Kindergarten, we made to the next big step. My son is starting High School at Jones College Prep this year.
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