I am definitely ... Give me what my kid needs (I am flexible in how you do that as long as he is being educated appropriately) or I take my toys (his very high test scores) and go home (home school or something). 1100 kids in the school ...169 kids in his grade and only 10 kids in 4th grade got his scores last year. And he could have taken the 5th grade test and gotten top scores on that one too. They can't afford to lose one out of ten kids
I had the first meeting where I got nowhere and I went home flustered and steamrolled. Regrouped and went back and talked to an administrator one on one. She took notes...I don't know if she agreed or is just very, very good with upset parents. In addition, I talked to the gifted coordinator for the district and got her on my son's team (she asked for his iq and WJ achievement scores and that was enough for her). Then things happened not quickly. But I had started making plans to pack it in and I think that it was evident in my persistence that I was going to succeed or else leave.
But I didn't involve my son in the advocacy ...although he would have told you he didn't want to do third grade math again and wanted fourth grade math. He isn't shy about stuff like that.
