Shelly,

Welcome to my world. I knew it, all of your posts sounded so much like DS6. Our district doesn't have a gifted program specifically. We do have a GT coordinator that does pullouts for specific kids and situations.

We made the choice to send DS to K so that he could learn how to "do school". As it turns out he didn't need it. He's only in K for the first 15 minutes, lunch and recess. Then he's off and running. He is in 3rd, 4th and 6th grade classes all day. It has worked really well for him. Next year he is skipping 3 grades to 4th and I think it will be easier for him to not be moving sooo much. There remains a question as to what to do about math, but we'll figure it out.

I guess the point is that the fact that your school doesn't have a GT program might be a good thing. Most GT programs aren't geared towards PG. If they are willing to be flexible, he can get what he needs. Hang in there, the ride has just begun!


Shari
Mom to DS 10, DS 11, DS 13
Ability doesn't make us, Choices do!