Have you applied to DYS? I went back through your posts and saw that your son took an IQ test and was PG, so I'm assuming he qualifies. Your situation is the perfect example of how the consultants could help advocate for a better situation for your son. They offer to get on the phone during school meetings and share ideas, or send info. If DYS isn't an option, I think the Gifted Development Center offers the same service, albeit for a price. You could also just schedule a phone consult with GDC and get their advice on how to handle the situation.
I think I'm reading from your posts that your son is in a public charter school. It doesn't sound like they're open to thinking outside the box. Can you find another school that would be? I think you should go principal shopping and find a principal who realizes PG kids have needs that are different than typical or even gifted kids.
We actually had really great luck with our principal who had her masters in gifted education. She approved everything we asked for, for our son. We had to pay for it, but it was worth it. I don't think every school in our area would be open to that, but she and the teachers agreed he needed something different than they could offer.
Good luck.
We haven't applied yet. I will be applying this summer or the fall.
I just received another email from the school informing us that they are continuing to drag their feet...they need "more data", etc. My son would not be happy to switch schools right now - he's got a lot of friends. Sigh. We really have been so pleasant with the school. Perhaps we do need to be a little firm with them? Not mean of course. We do have some leverage here. They really do NOT want us to leave, for a variety of reasons that I don't want to explain here, as this is not a private forum.
I'm tired of this. Looking at next year, I have a strong hunch that DS will not be happy...he's not happy about his teacher and we don't have any accommodations in place as of right now. He does like his friends though. I don't want to PULL him from this school right now. I want him to ASK me if he can leave. Does that make sense? On top of the fact that I haven't had time to really look around at our options for this fall.
How do I make the best of this? I think that we CAN make it through another year here, while I look at other options. But how do we do that? Let's pretend that we get zero accommodations (probably don't have to pretend actually).
