In K and 1 DS was given books at his level by his two great teachers. He was a reading group of one. It was the school librarian who was an issue--the teacher and I had to intervene, because she would only let him check out picture books (DS was reading Harry Potter in K).

The situation is quite different now that he's in a gifted magnet (they are all reading at about the same level, which is a few grades above but not where DS can read) but it's all right with me because he gets the benefits of being actually taught.

I did not need to advocate to the teachers, but I think they were unusually cool.