Hi Sweetie-Incog!
C-dog sounds like she is suffering to me. I would get her out of there. Sure the gifted program is wonderful for the top 5% to 2% or whatever they choose as their population, but by 4th grade she may be ready for Middle School! There is just a very very large difference between each gifted child, and your daughter is about 1 in one hundred amoung gifted kids. So isn't it reasonable to suspect that the gifted program will consider itself preety good if it meets the needs of the 99, and calls your daughter "shy" and "unengaged?"
Is homeschooling an option, even part time or for a short time? Are private schools availible? Just a different teacher may make a world of difference. You can certianlly pull her his year and try again next year.
Best Wishes,
Trinity
