In four years, Cait Horner, a Peterson Air Force Base family member, attended four different schools in two different states and one foreign country. Each time she moved she was retested for placement in the gifted and talented program. Sometimes she was placed in the gifted program, sometimes she wasn’t.
“We didn’t know what to expect at each school or with each gifted program,” said Lynne Horner, her mom.
It all worked out for Cait, who is now in eighth grade and will be enrolled in honors classes when she enters a Colorado Springs high school next fall. Her moves to different schools in different states, however, would have been easier under the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, which aims to help military students transition into new schools every time they move.
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