Should I just reapply next year or appeal this year? It's kind of nuts actually. The vice principal just approved a grade skip and a double subject acceleration for next year, but my kid can't be in the gifted program. If my child didn't care, I would forget about it. But my son tells me, "they are doing fun stuff in there and I am stuck in my class doing boring stuff."
What type of requirements does your state have? If I were you, I'd take the acceleration + subject acceleration, but also file an appeal over this years decision. I understand they don't take IQ, but I would think that a well-thought-out written appeal that contains the IQ results you have (I think you have?), along with achievement scores and evidence of classroom achievement would at the very least be difficult for the district to argue.
Is it worth appealing (as in, it's a limited pull-out program that might just be fun and games not academically enriching)? For my kid, it didn't matter that that pull-out wasn't more than a once-a-week pullout, he enjoyed that time immensely, so yes, I'd fight for it. If you fight for it, get your son into it, then he finds it boring or a distraction to leave his regular class for it, take him out of it. But it might really be something he'd enjoy. PLUS - if you fight for it, even if you lose, your ds will see you stood up for him. That will be in and of itself worth doing.
Best wishes,
polarbear
