Thank you for the tip about what not to say in a GIEP meeting-that might be a great thread or perhaps one is archived already. I had no idea 'bored' was a touchy word and now I know that I will never use it in a GIEP meeting.
One tip I could pass on for a phrase that was 'touchy' in a meeting was asking if the school could prepare the students gifted in science to achieve on the ACT test by the end of middle school rather than high school.
Not to be too specific or unflattering to the meeting participant, the unexpected response was that it is illegal to teach to a test. I took the cue that the response was a smidge adversarial and not helpful to a calm discussion, remained quiet and thought about it more as a family and we might bring it up again in a future meeting with different participants.
