Backstory- DS is at a Pre-K through 12th private school that touts being for gifted, advanced and college prep kids. We specifically selected this school because our local district is poor, their GATE program is corrupt and they have no "specials". DS is in Kindergarten now and gets Spanish, Music, PE and Art every day taught by specialists in those areas.
We had him tested because last year in play-based PK, his teachers hinted that they believed he might be ADHD. We knew this wasn't true but figured if we'd heard it once, we'd get it again. So over the summer he took the SB-V and tested HG+ which fit more of how we see him at home.
I met with his K teacher a week ago and talked to her about the results and what we thought DS would benefit from in the morning. She actually said "Are you sure he's not ADHD? Have you gotten a 2nd opinion?" Ugh. Yes. And we're sure.
Her essential message was that in K they start all kids in the same place. It doesn't matter to her that he reads at a 2nd grade level, self-taught addition and subtraction and met all the K standards 2 years ago. He must have "gaps in there somewhere" and it's "her job to fill them in."
DS is asking me to drop him off at school after the stations in the morning. He's tired of sorting pasta noodles, writing "go" over and over and talking about colors. But he LOVES the afternoon classes and all his friends. He's very happy, minus the 2 hours of "baby work" in the mornings.
Is it time to take it to the Principal? Our ed.psych who tested DS also said she'd be happy to do a classroom observation then meet with the teacher privately to explain some of his ADHD-like behaviors. What's the better option? When do we escalate the issue?
All advice appreciated here, I'm about to pull my hair out!
