Tour dates for schools that will be offering G&T programs in 2010 are now posted on the Department of Education's website. Click here to see the links for each borough, and for a list of all the programs. Tours are being held this week and next; the deadline for submitting an application is April 30.

A quick look at the DOE's list shows that there are some new -- and returning -- district programs opening up next fall. Many of these are in schools that had programs in the past and still have G&T classes in the upper grades but did not accept incoming kindergarten classes in 2009. (Click here to see a list of 2009-2010 elementary schools with G&T classes by grade.) Some programs -- especially the new ones -- do not have posted tour dates, so check the DOE website for updates or contact the school.

Here's a borough breakdown of G&T programs offering kindergarten classes in September 2010 that do not have kindergarten classes this school year, according to the posted list.

Manhattan: In District 2, PS 198, on the Upper East Side, will open a program. It shares a building with Lower Lab, long a G&T school.

The Bronx: In District 11 PS 153 is back on the list. (Last year they did not have an incoming kindergarten class.) Once again this year there are no programs listed in Bronx districts 7 or 9. (Generally, if fewer than 10 students meet the cut-off score for G&T, no district program is offered and qualifying students go to schools in neighboring districts.)

Brooklyn: In Brooklyn's District 19, PS 677, the East NY School of Excellence, an early childhood school which opened in 2009, is listed with a G&T program. In District 20, a new school, PS 748, will open with a gifted program. In District 22,PS 195, which did not take an incoming kindergarten gifted program last year, is back on the list, while PS 206, which has a G&T gifted class this year, is not.

Queens: PS 153, in District 24, will have a program (although, interestingly, a footnote mentions that the 1st grade class will share a large classroom with another teacher and class.) Programs will also open in District 24 at PS 229and PS 873/290, a new school set to open in September. In District 25, PS 165 will have an incoming kindergarten (they do not have one this year.) In District 26, PS 115 will have a kindergarten program (this year it only has 1st and 2nd grades). In District 28, PS 144 will have G&T kindergarten.

Staten Island: No new programs are listed.

For more information about the G&T process, check out the handbook.

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