On the plus side his teacher is one of the good ones, she works really well with him. She has experience with ASD children. She has a well ordered and controlled classroom that suits him so much more than the chaotic classroom he hated last year.
In our experience, a smart, organized, and understanding classroom teacher is one of the real key elements to success.
And no, he wasn't included in the gifted program. They tell me that due to limited budget they only have space for 6 children in the program from each year, and he was number 7. Considering most of his results are at worst top 3 across all subject areas (except sport & written expression) I strongly doubt that is the truth.
In a private school I imagine your rights are pretty limited (if it's anything like here). Sounds like you know the options well and will keep on top of it!
Best,
DeeDee
