We bailed on our public schools before even starting. DS4 can read and write and would not be eligible for kindergarten until Fall 2016. We both work and don't have time to play Sisyphus every year with a recalcitrant bureaucracy. It's frustrating - we pay taxes and live less than a mile from a nice elementary school that we will never use.

Good luck with starting the gifted school. There is unmet demand for schools like this and I seen for myself what a huge difference a good gifted program can make for kids.