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Nope, you are NOT a bad parent! Try not to let the school's stonewall make you doubt yourself.

Are you in a state that has mandated gifted programming? If so, check out the school and state's criteria for Gifted Education. With a FS of 130 he should qualify almost everywhere I heard about. The GAI is even better but many schools do not recognize this value yet.

Next, since you have the Psych report, can you ask the Psych to come to one of the school meetings with you? The school may back down on the implied parenting problem with a outside expert attending. From the sounds of your post, they did not seem to be in an accomodating mood at the meeting. I'd push for another meeting with the outside expert. That takes the pressure off of you.

I have to find the link to an article I read a few years ago. It talked about how, often, schools shift all the blame to either the student or the parents and try to make everything a behavioral problem not a school problem.

Just keep reminding yourself that you are NOT a bad parent!!!

Hugs!