Deacongirl,
Thanks for responding. Yes, you're absolutely right. I have a feeling that the Explore Test results will be less impressive to the school than it is to us.
That said, we plan on asking for options and we may want to ask for further testing if it's not offered right away. Next, we'll go to the middle school and meet with the principal, GT, and counselor to ensure that whatever measures that can be put in place for DS are. I highly doubt we can convince DS to skip a grade. However, maybe we can subject accelerate and differentiate within the class as well. (I think clustering has been thus far considered un PC. so I doubt that will be happening.)
