I didn't know that about the WISC. DD was tested with the RIAS, but I don't know if that is standard for the district (that school was weird and used its own private tester). It might explain why they typically test at end of K, though. He won't be 6 till early spring.
Can you take advice from gifted school now? Might be worth a phone call?
It is the same school (magnet is a school within a school). But there is no one "in charge" of the magnet other than the regular principal of the whole school. So--same end point.
It sounds like the teacher is actively advocating for him and all you need to do is follow her lead. It would be great if he could be a K kid and do first grade work, wouldn't it? Write that email she asked for and run it past her, ask if you should add anything, send it to anybody else, etc. Keep asking her what she wants you to do to help her help your son.
Oh, I wrote the email.
I also told her she should definitely not hesitate to tell us what to do if there are things we should do to help him.
I wouldn't worry about next year's teacher yet. If he is sent up to 1st for some things, he will already have familiarity with the first grade team which means that when assigned teachers, he might get one that actually WANTS him (unless they all find him to be a difficult student and nobody wants him--but that's not your little darling so don't worry about it). Plus, whatever gets worked out, you can say to next year's teacher, "MS K teacher did this and it seemed to really work, any chance we can do more of it?" vs advocating from scratch.
I asked her if he was likely to get the "right" teacher for him next year or if there was anything we could do to get the right placement for him, as she said there IS a teacher that would be a good fit. She sighed and basically said it was a total crapshoot.
He is not difficult (hope that wasn't a snarky bit!) My other child IS difficult, so I can say that. He is the master of the good behavior ticket, in fact. To be perfectly honest, he is at a huge advantage in the system because of this. I often feel bad for my naturally prickly/resistant but big-hearted DD, who gets contrasted to him a lot.
