It is common place to have special education for special needs children, who require *extra* attention. Everyone else goes to school together. But there are kids who are especially brainy, who get bored in the AP classes and are wholly unchallenged by a system that teaches to the "B" students. Our community is large enough to support a school that gives these children the additional challenge that they need to excel.

It seems true that everyone thinks their kid is "above average". For such charter schools, children must TEST into them, with scores exceeding 95% of their peers to ensure that kids are well placed. Let's have such a school so that the potential of the very smart kids can be encouraged and supported rather than leaving them to make their own way.