Sounds familiar! We HSed last year because of a very poor classroom fit. It's really all about the classroom teacher, I think. This year our DD 8 is settling in beautifully at a new school because the teacher has them all working on "dance mat typing" twice a week in computer class, and lets kids choose the format for some of their own work (oral, written, or visual). My daughter's worry that she would feel self-conscious about the typing practice time she needs at school vanished because her accommodation is available to everyone who prefers to type, and that's been a huge help.
On the gifted side...well...for now we're "after-schooling". A gifted IEP is supposed to be put together sometime soon, and at her school the librarian will do a gifted pull-out once a week, but no word yet on what that will look like.
