Yes, listen to your child and follow your instincts. I would also walk away from parent-teacher conferences thinking I was the one who was way off base. For years, I doubted my son's giftedness because his schools, and there were quite a few, would always claim that he was getting a great education. His inability to pay attention was claimed to be ADD - two separate evaluations proved otherwise. Several teachers even claimed he was "playing me" or "pulling the wool over my eyes." I even had a gifted supervisor from our school system tell me he was "playing me."
Absolutely, listen to your child and your instincts! The schools - private or public - rarely know better than you!
