Comments on: G&T placements: Parents confused, DOE adamant

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:48:18 +0000

#13 is a fool

By: A Parent

A Parent — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:01:31 +0000

Well said, #14!

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:53:08 +0000

#13: Kids don’t care about vegetables as much as some of us do. It’s a parent’s job to secure the best opportunities available for their kids. How and who decides between the options differs between families, but parents who are working hard to secure options for their kids from a needlessly bureaucratic and arrogant DOE are right to be outraged at the mismanagement.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:41:25 +0000

#8: Eh, the kids don’t really care about this as much as some of you do. Don’t hide behind your children.

By: momof2

momof2 — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 11:44:01 +0000

Does anyone know when the second round of offers, for parents who did not received a placement the first time, are usually made? Is there any way of finding out how many spots a school might have left? Spending the summer waiting after a year of waiting….ugh.

By: Indra

Indra — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:34:55 +0000

I am writing as a concerned and frustrated parent.
My child took the gifted and talented test and has passed three years
consecutively. She has a sibling in the program already.
Yet for the last two years she was never given a seat at P.S.230.
I am waiting patiently for a placement letter, which should be out on July 3, 2009. Even at this point there is no guarantee.
I receive my child’s report card today. She received all 4’s
in all subjects. She needs placement for second grade.
Please help!!.

Concerned parent.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:06:42 +0000

Board of Ed is to busy trying to please their buddies that have their own charter schools than our over excelling students for example EVA MOSHWITZ

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:01:50 +0000

CAPS are a form of expression of disgust

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:33:02 +0000

Oh goody! The DoE can continue to yank the parents over the summer now! They haven’t caused enough stress since May?????? Our children deserve better than this.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:21:07 +0000

It is sad that there’s not even enough spots for all the children in the 99th percentile in the Citywide Programs, let alone the 98th and 97th percentile. Why even say that children with 97-99 are eligible for Citywide, when children with 97 and 98 have no hope of getting in.