however, all of this taught me an AWESOME technique for school interviews - simply lay out all the issues, and see how fast they run away. even though she's just another kid to squeeze into a classroom, our new local public school principal cracked a big smile and said, "oh we LOVE kids like that here; here's my plan..."
so i'll take crowded & prepared over dishonest & self-satisfied any day of the week. i think it all boils down to who is willing to keep the dialogue going, you know?
I would recommend asking how many PG kids they have in each class. Also, ask specifics, like "so, when you have a child who's four grade levels ahead in math, what do you normally do? And what about the kids who are one grade level ahead? The kids who are behind? The kids who are behind in math but ahead in reading?"
