While the test showed he was in the profoundly gifted range (99.9%) on the Stanford Binet 5 the lottery drawing prevented him from having a spot.
Well there's a good news/bad news story, yes?
So many districts don't even have gifted programs, but your's does, so that is a good thing because it means that the political will to meet these special educational needs exists.
Here's 3 links that might help -
http://print.ditd.org/Mentor_guidebook.pdfhttp://www.ditdservices.org/Articles.aspx?ArticleID=147&NavID=0_0http://epgy.stanford.edu/We haven't done outside enrichment except little bribes here and there to establish typing skills or prove that Math isn't really dull. Mostly it's because my DS gets worn out from attending school all day, and trying to put up with the boredom. Then there was the recent school change and gradeskip, and now he got a full plate of homework and is busy learning how to learn. I would ask for a meeting with the Principal if possible and see what kinds of accomidations they are willing to make within the school day. Some schools have allowed students to work online with EPGY classes, and some have provided mentors. I guess it really depends on -
A) what your son's needs are, and
B) what your son's wants are.
Post more of your story of how school has gone so far, ok? (hide the identifing detail, protect the innocent and the guilty)
Good luck,
Trin
