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Thanks for your replies.

We have managed to keep my son unaware of any of the specifics of our discussions with the school or his teacher, although he obviously aware that we are supplementing his school work with an independent program.

My child's teacher, who is reportedly unimpressed with my son, called me, and we're going to meet on Monday. I feel like the school is reneging on an agreement to provide enrichment for my son with her now saying the regular 5th grade curriculum being appropriate. I had spoken to the district math supervisor who said that if my son is in a high ability group, then there should be challenging work for all of them. I'm somewhat ambivalent about trying to demonstrate to her how the my son's capabilities.

I'm planning to plunge ahead with our independent sprint through the Singapore Math curriculum, but I'd still like to see her do some enrichment. I'm sure my son is better at math than she is. Any thoughts about this meeting would be appreciated.