No offense taken. I know that there have been some pretty catastrophic experiences with public schools out there.

I gather, then, that this eval is a disability-driven eval, rather than primarily about giftedness. You may wish to convey all that you have said here about odd disparities in his academic skill to the psych, so she knows that she may need other instruments, like the CTOPP-2 or the PAL-2. Or at least a measure of word attack.

...pronounced like the long vowel and first letter of the alphabet...