We hit the wall end of 3rd going into 4th. DS was accelerated 2 yrs in math and LA (pull out to another class) the HA class 2 grades up. This school only went through 5th grade so we were out of curriculum.
We met in the summer with his new to be 4th grade teacher and the HA (High Ability) curriculum director and they agreed we could supplement with AoPS pre algebra for 4th. We bought a tablet and the book and solutions manual and gave them to the teacher. They would also challenge him in other areas, LA and reading. It really never took off at school (an extra work sheet here and there for homework) but we had a plan B for after school and a tutor once a week. Later that year at a parent teacher meeting which included the HA curriculum director again, we were told we had misunderstood the plan. We had an IEP but this was not in it. Not sure it would have made any difference. We were beginning to not trust anything they said.
End of 4th we met with all his teachers (current and previous), curriculum director, HA curriculum director, middle school math teacher and middle and high school principals. They had a plan, it was to create a HA classroom at another school and put all the HA kids in 5th in this room (the principal of that school was there too, a wonderful lady). Transportation was on us to this school. They said they would drive my ds to middle school to take Algebra 1. Sounds like they are working with us but we had a feeling something might not pan out and we didn’t want to waste another year. Our ds was doing great and dealing with the work fine but the gap was widening. This is when opted for a Local private school which has been great.
The public school teachers did what they could for 3 years, they just ran out of resources and were already stretched. Some seemed very sad in these meetings because they really like our ds and he really liked them.
Down deep we knew this would be the case but we had to try.
