My daughter is in the Gifted program in Florida, Pasco County. Next summer we will be moving to Georgia, most likely to Cobb County/Marietta area.

Does any one know if she will need to be retested or if her records will transfer over?

Also, what schools offer Gifted programs in Cobb County?

Thanks!

I THINK gifted qualification carries over in Cobb, but I am not certain. The city of Marrietta has a separate school district from Cobb County. Web sites are http://www.cobbk12.org and http://www.marietta-city.k12.ga.us. Cobb county also has an active chapter of the Georgia Association for Gifted Children, http://www.cobbchapter-gagc.org.

In Elementary school, Cobb has pullout program once a week for Gifted students. Some schools also do some compacting for math and grouping by capability. In-room differentiation is also encouraged but you may need to keep an eye on things.

The middle schools offer up to 4 gifted classes. Language Arts (writing), Science, Social Studies and Math. Placement is based on 5th grade testing and, to some extent, space.

High schools offer Honor classes and AP classes. Since we are not there yet, I don't know the details. There are also Magnet programs in various disciplines and an IB (International Baccalaureate) program.

I just moved to Gwinnett County, Georgia from Michigan and I hate to say that I'm very frustrated with GA's policies. My son was in the gifted program in Michigan - he's even in Mensa and Gwinnett County has to retest him because GA doesn't accept the "word" of another state. And until they decide to retest him, he's bored in regular ed. classes basically daydreaming because he's already learned the material. GA needs to step it up. There's a reason why they are at the bottom in all of the education rankings lists and Gwinnett County is supposed to be the best in the state - what a joke!

We had moved to GA from Mississippi (of all places) and my children had to be re-tested. They accept the scores from another county in GA, but not from another state. It makes no sense because many states have better quality education.

Believe it or not, my children were actually more challenged in a classroom in a small public school in MS than they have been in one of the "best" schools in GA. In MS, it just depends on the system. They have to do a lot with almost no money, so they get really creative. In GA, I think there's just a state-wide breakdown of common sense.

Our district has tons of money, and we never have "budget issues". All they are interested in is how their test scores look to outsiders. We would actually get letters from the Superintendent thanking us because our children helped make the district look good. Gotta keep those property values high.

I have friends who move here from other parts of the country (Seattle, parts of California), and they are shocked to see how far behind everyone is here.

When I started homeschooling, I decided to use the GA standards and purchase whatever materials I needed to comply with those standards (as a starting point). Boy, was I in for a shock. The standards are actually fairly good. It would be great if they were actually taught. Sure, they concern themselves with a little of the math and reading, but the rest gets ignored so that the kids can be ready to do well on the CRCT.

How exciting. A generation on mindless little robots.

Wow, I'm graduating in a month after 12 years in these awful school systems. Thanks for making me feel good about myself and my education.

I'm joining an advocacy group...