Welcome!

FWIW, we have found that asking the right types of questions in a screening call or visit tells a great deal, assuming people aren't lying. There are some good lists on the main Davidson site. We are on our third private school for ODS and results have varied widely.
1) Accredited Montessori - very flexible, teacher let him learn at his pace but with appropriate guidance/rigor. Moved so that was that...
2) Fancy private school - rigid, seemed threatened by us and our child and acted accordingly. Nightmare year. Should have pulled him and stuck him in the local public school. It could not have been worse. Seriously a nasty situation. We asked some good questions but were too na�ve to know that we needed to ask what exactly they were going to do to accommodate a kiddo who their own screening tests showed as far past grade level. He was also obviously pretty intense and active when they met him... yet they turned that into a problem once enrolled. Had we probed, we might have not sent him there and wasted much money.
3) Catholic school. Suspected it was the right place when the principal commented immediately on how bright he was and how thrilled they'd be to have him... then followed up with examples of how they had accommodated another highly advanced child. It's not perfect but they have really worked to make things as appropriate as possible for him.

I share all of that to say it is well worth one's time to start calling around and asking other schools questions. It doesn't obligate you to make a change, but it does give you a feel for what your local options would be...

One more thing: if the timing of our move had been different and we had not felt as rushed, we would have checked the two local public school options. I've heard that they can work and they claim to differentiate. I saw how they do that for K during the parent meeting (we have a younger child) and was impressed. It seems too late to go there w/the older one and we kept them together. I do know of other PG kids who are at public schools that are flexible enough. Flexibility and willingness to try seem to be key themes for success!

Last edited by ConnectingDots; 12/16/15 02:48 PM.