Platypus101-
Well actually I don't really care about grades..I actually thought it would be good for him to go to a school where being fascinated with gingko trees wasn't super weird…(and of course I'm making an assumption) and I was hopeful that they focused on the whole child and he would have some peers at his intellectual level. But I really want to make sure he doesn't fall into what I fell into- I decided that I wasn't really gifted and that the test was wrong, because I saw so many other (NT) people able to do things easily that were actually hard for me..
But there is another school (lottery, and very few slots) and a private. Both have no grades, very very few slots, and the private is far and $$$ but both teach to the whole child - social skills, learning how to fail and see the opportunities in that, etc. Sometimes failure redirects you onto the correct path, or makes you realize something even more important, I think it's an important life skill to have. They also don't have kids sitting at desks, and the focus on group project based learning - and working with others is something my kid needs to learn how to do.
So there are two additional choices, but there are so few spots for both, and my kid is so very 2e I don't think he will interview well with the private, and the public is a lottery i.e. luck of the draw...
My brother (likely 2e) was tested several times for the GATE program as a child, and never tested in. He has a doctorate in Artificial Intelligence.
