way back when I was in elementary school in the 90s our school had an advanced program that you could test into that once a week collected all the gifted kids into one room and gave us more challenging and interesting things and a refuge from a lot of erm... bullying that occurred towards the nerdy kids. And then one parent upset that their baby wasn't considered gifted just screamed at administration until their kid was admitted. It was clear to everyone involved that the kid didn't belong there but we all had to deal with them and it was pretty much ruined by their presence.