Update . . .
I spoke with a woman from the Advanced Academic Department at Miami-Dade Public Schools. She was awfully nice to answer all of my myriad of questions, and I know this isn't her fault, but . . .
The E.P. in Miami-Dade county really does allow for only ONE area of "greatest academic strength." There is no way to add on to the E.P. in writing beyond what the computer program has a drop-down box for. So if I were to choose math over science (how does one make such a choice?), we have an EP for math which in no way provides for mandated acceleration in science or reading or anything else.
I asked repeatedly how I might be able to accomplish such a thing, and pretty much what I got was "talk to the teacher before school starts each year." The principal will help me until she resigns in a couple of years, but basically, that puts us at the mercy of the teacher each year -- either s/he'll have an interest or s/he won't.
Does anyone else's school district have a policy like this?
