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Posted: Monday, October 29th, 2012 9:08 AM HST

Parents move for sake of gifted child, fault state

By Associated Press

HONOLULU (AP) — The parents of a gifted child are faulting the state for having too few resources for extraordinarily talented students in Hawaii public schools. Hawaii News Now reports that the parents of 5-year-old Robbie Bond say they reluctantly sold their house on Oahu and are moving to North Carolina to enroll their gifted son in a special school. Michelle Bond says Robbie tests above the 99th percentile in everything. She and her husband researched public elementary schools in Hawaii. Michelle Bond says when she called the schools she was told they do not have funding anymore for gifted and talented students. The Department of Education says there is no funding for statewide gifted and talented initiatives and just one educational specialist for programs for gifted students.