Wow aeh! That's a lot of great feedback. Thank you! We will check out the possibilities.
Update: I got an email from the assistant superintendent of the district. Since I pointed out that Ohio Administrative Code prohibits denying services based upon re-testing, they are going to go ahead with the assessment to determine if acceleration is the right thing for DS. She even listed the steps required, which agree with the state's policy. (In Ohio districts must adhere to the state acceleration policy or show an evidence based reason to deviate) I think the district administration learned something about gifted services, too. (no, that's not meant to be snarky!)
Oh,and geofizz, your comments about principals and testing was some very good insight. It helped DH and I see the principal in a little different light. Thanks!
I only hope some day I can learn enough to help someone else here....right now my learning curve is STEEP!
I have a LOT of homework to do this weekend! :-)
