You know before you start trying to move heaven and earth to get him into the gifted program it might be a good idea to find out what that program actually is. I only say this because even in states that have requirements to provide gifted and talented education, what school do to meet those requirements can differ dramatically. I know in one state where we lived they had mandated teaching for gifted kids, but in one school that meant simply pulling the gifted students out of class for 45 minutes each week to give them a special class, in another it meant putting them in small groups within a regular classroom and then providing them more advanced work than the rest of the class... In other words don't assume the schools program is worth fighting for, it might not be worth the effort to get your child into it.
