DeHe,
I have stopped looking for that perfect school. I really don't think it exists. We, too, have a gifted school in the area but I really see it as my last resort. We feel strongly about DD and foreign language and the gifted school would not provide that. At least with the school she is at right now, they are academically a head of public school. Kindergarten is when public school starts on letter recognition. At least her school started letters at age 3. Still shocks me that kids in the 4 yr old class are still having problems recognizing the letters, but my perception of what they should be able to do isn't very accurate for a 'normal' child of intelligence. I do know that there are some highly intelligent kids in the school and the school is willing to work with the parents to help their child succeed. All positive.
Crossing my fingers for your son and getting into the gifted school. When options are limited it really makes it that much harder.
