Oh dear, Lauren. Sounds like a sadly familiar tale. I hope the new school goes well, but I'd be seriously planning to start homeschooling before the year is out, lest your little one's love of learning be crushed by these "professionals" who seem completely unable to think outside the box. Why should these poor kids be forced to sit and do baby work all day just so they can learn how to be bored later in life? As an adult, if you had to sit through unproductive meetings all day where everything that was covered was stuff you'd known for years, you'd go ballistic eventually.
I'd better be careful, or I could go on a (bigger) rant myself, lol.
