Jen, my DD is going into middle school next year as well. It's nice to know that some schools are really open to acceleration. I'm trying to decide if I need to go in with her test scores and put her on their radar or lay low and see how things go.
What kind of acceleration are you considering?
Our middle school has many options that I didn't know of until we had a parent night and the gifted coordinator sent a packet home with DD. The have a science track where they condense 2 years into 1, early foreign language option, 3 or 4 math tracks and language arts track. All these options will lead to AP classes or early dual enrollment options.
FWIW, I have never had success with a wait and see approach. We changed schools last year and I had a meeting with the gifted coordinators with the scores I had thus far. They tested the components I didn't have so she would be in the gifted classroom. From there, I have communicated with teachers to see how her acceleration has worked out and we found a good fit for this current year.
Jen
