Public School 166, where all five grades of the gifted program would eventually move, will be soon.
The federal government provides less than $10 million for gifted programs, and only half the states offer additional money.
Asked what it means to be in the gifted program, he had a ready answer.
Chris was put into the first reading and math groups - he had always been in the gifted program.
And as things stand, this means getting our children into gifted programs.
Ask school officials about gifted programs open to students from beyond the immediate neighborhood.
Others go so far as to doubt that gifted programs are beneficial for children.
One of them is a gifted program for specially identified students.
A grade will be added each year until full implementation of the gifted program in 2014.
The school's gifted and talented programs were held in this part of the school for many years.