UPDATE!!!!
The advocate got it done in one half hour phone call after I spent two hours observing 1st and 2nd grade math. DS goes into 2nd grade math after spring break with a hand-picked teacher. He gets her NEXT YEAR TOO!!! DS knows just one kid in this year's first grade. I observed a first grade class yesterday, and low and behold, the 1 kid in the class I ID'd as gifted is the kid DS knows and likes. (They're in chess together). So that kid will be placed in DS' class next year as well. I'm so excited. The plan for now is that he'll have to do 1 qtr of 2nd grade math next year and then we'll assess if it's ok to move him to 3rd grade math.
AND the advocate got assurances and made progress on my most pressing concerns about DD as well. All in one half hour phone conversation with the VP.
I'm over the moon, and I feel 10 pounds lighter.
