Hi Callie,
We have been fighting district to keep and not phase out our gifted programing since Pre-K, no luck. Our dd is 9yrs old and now in 3rd grade. We just had her privately tested and now with her WISC IV and Explore scores the district is all over us about what they can do for her... full grade acceleration, subject acceleration. They'll transport her to Jr. High for science, and so on.
The private test scores are the only thing that has motivated the teachers, school, district to do anything. Parent meeting after private meeting after discussions galore. She's always tested in the 99th and 98th percentile since kindergarten and they've sat on it. We decided to do the IQ test because it's part of admission for a gifted school.
We have been looking at gifted schools and even thinking of moving to a different district with a full gifted program.
If you have concrete info, then you know definitively where you stand and you know which way to go. Good luck!
