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That's wonderful news, Moni. Congratulations!

This is an elementary question, but I'm new to this forum so I'll use that as my excuse: what does DYS stand for? It's not on the Hoagie's acronym page, so I'm confused.

Thanks, Dottie. That clears it up.

Neato- thanks for that. The writing tests are in the spring (well they would have been if the ed. budget wasn't cut...DOE decided to drop them to save money according to local newspaper I read. Not really sure if I should address this to the principal since I'm sure they can fall back on the idea of it like skipping two grades and more writing in the GT 3/4 self contained class. We'll just have to see how DS7 does in the reg. 3rd grade class...his teacher seems to be on the ball and I'm sure would recommend moving him if he suffers in her class.
Delbows- Yep the school now goes up to 4th grade then they all move to the middle school for 5-6th grades. They separate the kids into color teams and it seems like the gt kids are in two different teams then they have kids who were in just the gt pullout go to different teams, then the average, etc. Guess I'll just have to see how the year goes...I'm just hoping it is better than this year.
All the best to your DD on the new school and to you on your commute. Thanks for the advice on checking out rules for the Charter school.

Congrats! What a nice surprise to come home to on vacation!

Congratulations, Moni! (Sorry it's a little late, I was on vacation.)

Thanks again everyone.

Well, we got a letter saying to retest after DS is 6. I don't know. It's expensive and this application process is getting lengthy... maybe we should just give up.

I will rethink things after DS turns 6.

Oh, Cathy, I feel for you! That is how I felt 17 months ago when we got our not accepted (rejection) letter. At that point he had hit ceilings on the IQ tests to the point where it wouldn't have been worth retesting and it would have been a really big deal to track down a place to do any talent search testing. So we waited and I tried to decide whether to try again.

DS took the ACT this February and the SAT this June--they are quite affordable and I was sick of paying for the expensive tests. Both were qualifying scores, so I faxed them in to DITD on the July deadline and tried not to think about it. We just got the good news today--DS is a DYS!

So, Cathy, don't despair. There is plenty of time for your DS to get more scores. This board is what kept me sane while I was trying to decide what to do. And the great thing is, the only requirement for being here is mutual e-affection!

Sorry to hear that Cathy! You've got time though.