gifted and talented

Dozens of parents gathered in Manhattan to deliver letters and a petition to Chancellor Walcott.

Parents have contacted a lawyer and are considering taking legal action against the city, they say.

Parents say expanding general ed. classes and cutting the G&T program will ruin the high-ranking school.

The city will dramatically reduce the size of the school's G&T middle school, to the outrage of parents.

P.S. 15/The Roberto Clemente School will get a gifted program if there is enough demand, officials said.

The neighborhood's most sought-after schools include P.S. 122, P.S. 85 and P.S. 166, known for their G&T.

Gifted students at P.S. 166 are the only ones in district 30 without an automatic middle school transfer.

P.S. 85's STEM Academy is currently K-5 and the only citywide gifted program without a middle school.

A town hall meeting is scheduled for District 30 parents Monday night.

The Department of Education has withdrawn planned changes to its gifted and talented admissions.

Parents in District 30 have demanded more seats for gifted and talented children.

The deadline to request a gifted and talented test is now Nov. 16, 2012.

The Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test quizzes students on pattern recognition and spatial reasoning.

The gifted admissions test is getting harder, and high-scoring students are no longer guaranteed a seat.

The school in Corona is operating at 120 percent of its capacity.