How much of this have you put in writing? I'd suggest first determining for certain what your district policy is re gifted id (either through the previous conversations you've had or by finding the written policy), and then putting together an email stating that you want your ds to be considered for gifted id, you've attached/included his private testing which places him at x% which qualifies him, and ask that they respond to your request before (pick a date that is 10 business days out). Send this all in via email. Address the email to either the principal at your school or the gifted coordinator for your school, and cc the district's supervisor or head of gifted education.

If the time frame *does* drag out, you have evidence that you submitted his testing before November. My guess is that if they generally accept outside testing, they will still accept this set of testing. If they don't generally accept outside testing, you're probably going to have to go through the district testing no matter what. If your ds is retested and for some reason doesn't qualify, then you advocate again, thinking through the reasons that the second test results might have differed and documenting why the first test should be used. Hopefully you won't have to do that!

Anyway, if you haven't made a written request yet, send the email with test results included today smile

Best wishes,

polarbear

ps - make your email brief, to-the-point, and polite smile

Last edited by polarbear; 10/08/15 09:00 AM.