Just to give some background..
Our DS5 is in Kindergarten and we were asking for a grade skip to 2nd grade for next year. I met with the teacher first and her initial reaction was the typical social aspect, blah, blah, blah. I gave her a Nation Deceived and the IAS Manual and she said she thought it was though provoking but it was the principal's ultimate call.
We had the meeting with the principal and as it turns out a child the previous year did skip 1st grade and went straight into 2nd grade. It was a disaster for the young girl, the school and the teacher. Soooo, based on that experience he was saying no way to a grade skip. He assured me that each of his teachers are charged with challenging each of their kids to their fullest potential and that his teacher next year will be challenging my son. I respectfully disagreed with him, but said I would give it a shot.
He pointed out that our son is doing great this year in school and I reminded him that I was paying $500 a quarter for him to use the EPGY program, so no, it wasn't working within their system. (We are moving over to Open Enrollment in June, I ended up becoming an SSA for our entire school which is entirely parent driven and funded.)
He couldn't discuss specifics about the botched grade skip for the young girl but I did reference the IAS manual and suggested that perhaps there was poor planning in that skip. I asked if proper testing was done ie. IQ, Ability and Achievement. Was the receiving teacher totally on-board with the skip? I got a lot of coughing and blank stares.
I don't know what to do. We could afford the OUTRAGEOUSLY expensive private schools in our area but I don't believe I would get anything more for my son than what I'm getting. I would classify my son at an LOG of 3++. He is much higher on his performance IQ and we've been told he might have a mild auditory processing disorder (whatever that is!). His verbal IQ was still 138.
He is the type that will cause trouble when he is bored and I reminded them of that. I asked the principal to not even mention ADHD to me next year if he starts to act out (our psychologist completely ruled it out.)
My next move is to give my IAS manual to the principal and ask that he read the whole thing. At least it may help another student in the future.
Any comments or ideas are welcome. Eleanor 05