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High School
We had the least amount of respondents (2 surveys) for high school. As such, it is
difficult to analyze the data. Case #15 discusses a 9th grader while Case #71 represents a
high school graduate who is in college.
Case # 15 is not satisfied with the quality of high school education at East Lake High
School. This respondent suggests grouping gifted students together for core classes
(math, science, language arts, social studies). There is also a concern for the performance
level in honor classes. The respondent wrote that there is a "need to raise the bar for
honors classes - 9th and 10th grades." This respondent's student has experienced a severe
change from 8th to 9th grade. The student's classmates' ability has declined and this
respondent wonders how these students qualified for honors classes.
Case #71 had a different experience. This respondent's student went to the Center for
Advanced Technologies at Lakewood High School and was very satisfied with the
program. The student was able to take a number of challenging Advanced Placement
classes. When asked for a comment about a particular subject the responded wrote, "well
rounded education, we got our tax dollars worth." This family would have liked a
combined middle and high school. The respondent would also like to include more
science, technology and math in a gifted curriculum.
Conclusion
In general there are options for gifted families in Elementary Schools and parents are
generally satisfied with them. There has to be a larger sample of the one-day enrichment
gifted program in order to fully gauge parent satisfaction of the program. This group is
under represented in the Elementary School analysis. In Middle School there are some
significant concerns in the non-gifted classes. There is also strong support for a full time
gifted Middle School. There is too little data for inference regarding High School.
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