What I've learned about such scenarios is, you don't know until you ask. When our eldest was in 2nd grade the school said they didn't have a program for gifted in 2nd grade. We asked about 3rd grade and learned there was a gifted program. No problem in our minds, he worked with the 3rd grade gifted program part of the day and with his regular class the remainder of the time.
We've certainly learned over the years that in order to meet the needs of gifted children, one needs to be flexible and creative as well as willing to run kids around all over the region for opportunities when they present themselves.
