Yeah, what Cricket2 said. Since you said this is a public school, the most logical conclusion is that you must be in a very highly educated area with a very high # of MG kids and that they cannot handle that large # of kids in the gifted program. Therefore they have limited the program to HG+ and PG kids. Does this sound right? In a way, this seems like it should be good news for your DD--she should, in theory, have lots of peers. OTOH, you say that she is being made to read on grade level, which does not sound good at all. Do you know any other parents of bright children? What are they experiencing and are they equally frustrated? I understand if you don't want to reveal your location, but knowing more about your area and the school would probably help.
