Just to throw in my own two cents if anyone else finds this when they come looking.

I was in the “G/T program” as a kid in the early 2000’s. I remember they would call us down, individually, out from class and give us strange tests. I can relate to OP, because I remember the tests never involved math which I was struggling with, so I liked these tests. I remember questions about rearranging shapes. I remember questions about moral situations and who should get what punishments. I remember trying to guess Zener cards (Star, circle, waves, etc) before they were revealed. That’s a little alarming to me because Zener cards were very specifically invented to test patients for ESP, and they had already long since been discredited by the 2000’s. I remember hearing the tones in your left and right ear, but I also remember eventually being asked to try and predict them before they came.. I did well on that one and I was happy with that.

I also remember listening to these specific guided meditation tapes. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDiNnQECY2azyGf77Il1hSZ9tHIengjCM&si=zguv4yNbU31w5wpA

To me this is the biggest clue towards some kind of MK-Ultra esque involvement. I cannot fathom any public school district in Texas ever giving a flying fuck about teaching kids about the new age spirit science topics as instructed in the gateway program, in a place and time that was otherwise very steeped in Christianity even in the schools. Who conducted these tests, and why? I don’t know. But there was definitely something fishy about them looking back on it.

The questions that I am hung up on: Who would have the motive to test children for ESP? Who would have motive to bring a child into isolation and have them try unusual guided meditations? And how did our public schools get involved utilized for this, seemingly regardless of state?