Fair point about nebulous goals. To be honest, I don't the school has thought it out beyond, "Let's see how it goes."
This is my concern and why I want to be prepared with info about what norms are in other schools
If your DS is only being pulled out twice a week, that's not a different math class, and therefore deserving of its own tier. That sounds like enrichment.
Correct, the school told me that the pullout 2x/week is only enrichment of the current curriculum. Which is why I wondered where he would go since his current curriculum is 5th grade. So he would go with 5th gr G/T kids right?
I don't know of any good reason why a qualified child couldn't have both. In most schools the enrichment class is multi-grade anyway - is this the case?
My feeling is that if DS has been ID'd as G/T that is more about his ability and pace of learning not about prior knowledge, so to stick him in a NT higher math class and expect that to take care of everything somewhat short-sighted.
In this case, the enrichment is done by grade.
