And some situations of advocacy are this path....
Child needs x (subject acceleration in math), principal says no in meeting, parent doesn't takeno for an answer and keeps advocating, district gt coordinator says yes he does figure it out, figuring it out takes a while, gt coordinator says heck just whole grade skip him, principal gives up and says okay. Grade skip goes fantastic. Principal goes to principal meeting where gt coordinator is speaking about acceleration success stories to principals. No names are used but my son is one of the examples. Principal comes back to school and tells me about meeting and has totally forgotten that he was the naysayer the whole way. Acts like the skip was his idea. Totally ticking credit for what a good idea that was Parent bemused and hopes that future kids have an easier time.
