Your post doesn't offend me. Just for transparency sake, my daughter also maps out at the 99th percentile two years ahead. So do many of the kids in her classroom. FWIW, she is on track to complete her high school math by 10th grade, after that she will be allowed to take college level math classes for her remaining two years and earn college credit for them. Many kids in the district currently do so and many have even graduated high school with enough college credit for an Associates Degree. I understand your environment and yes, if I had to pick or choose a student led conference over gifted opportunities, I would pick gifted opportunities for sure. But I think its unfortunate that you have to sacrifice any type of quality at all. It is evident that you don't see the value of the student led conferences though, so I doubt the fact that I do value them will change your opinion at all. We both draw from our own experiences and how we choose to process them.
