I referenced A nation decv'd in my propsal for the admin. as well. Even if they don't seem receptive, give it to them anyway. The more info. they are provided with, the better they will feel about making a choice. I went through the IAS and tabbed the sections and parts I found very important so I didn't just give a book and say "Here! Read this whole thing!" I had LOTS of tabs, but it worked out well that way.
Maybe when all is said and done I willpost in that forum too. LOL! I keep waiting for the big roadblock or something! In fact, we haven't told our child yet because we don't want her saying anything yet to other kids or what not. the admin. asked us to wait to tell our child too. DC knows all the testing was to figure out what we need to do to meet the academic needs. We have discussed it as a poss. as we needed to know what the response would be (as you know the IAS says if the child is against it.... don't move fwd.) We also had to ask about DC's thoughts on possibly going to another school if we couldn't get what was needed.
So.... once all is said and done and it is 100% official I will surely post there
. I am SO AFRAID of something backfiring on us with the whole process for some reason. I just feel like everytime we meet there's something different. it's all been positive but, then we add this test and that test and what have you. UGH! No one ever said it's an easy process but again, since we are the guinea pigs, we have all the ground work to do with the school and are really helping them form the process with our input. I would say we are 99% there (have to officially fill out the IAS, though DH and I filled it out from the sample forms before we presented it to the admin. to make sure it was a good fit so there shouldn't be any issues there. We filled it out separately to see if we had similar scores and we did. So...
We have even had the whole "team" at the last meeting as the IAS recommends forming so... we are SO CLOSE to the home stretch! The testing should be all done (unless they throw something else at us, but I think we are set). She already has her spot secured in that grade as there are many classes with waiting lists and they reserved a slot for us so.... we have another meeting after spring break and see where we are at.
So... yes, we have been moving along nicely. Like I said, it's just me expecting a roadblock or something... I don't know. I am so pleased by our success thus far, don't get me wrong, but the fact that this is so new to everyone there, has me somewhat on pins and needles!