Right. But unfortunately it seems to me (from talking to many parents) that most private schools seem to want 'easy' children who don't take too much resources from the herd. We hope he will be such a kid, but if he hit some limit, then we might have to step in by volunteering, which we are willing to do if we have the expertise. This is all a bit confusing for me, so many criteria for selection, and in our area private school entrance (esp school for GT) is extremely competitive due to the potentially higher concentration of GT children. Literally, if you leave your spot, five other families will jump in and they are likely to have GT children as well.
I think the schools will want to be chosen by parents of children whom they think fit in their classrooms, on the other hand they have the luxury to choose as well, and their decision is not necessarily by the level of giftedness. OTOH we don't care too much about standardized exams, and it is not hard to find private schools that don't put a lot of emphasis into exam scores.
I am often feeling conflicted with this whole giftedness notions.. We learned from our current school to "respect the child" and on the importance of whole child education, so we had not focused on acceleration opportunities. My husband and I were both in special programs growing up, but mine was not GT program, which was not available where I grew up. I am just starting to grasp the idea that part of respecting the child is to provide acceleration as an option if he wish to pursue it.
I wish we don't have to plan this far ahead for possibilities, unfortunately it does seem necessary.
