The money is one thing, but more than that, if they *don't* make the cut then we have absolutely no other resources available to us, there just isn't anything here for MG kids who need more than a 1hr/wk pull out program. And, after DS6's Kindergarten year I'm extremely nervous at the thought of sending DS4 to regular public school, sending DS6 back isn't an option at all.
I guess (and I know this probably sounds crazy, but it's how I feel), I'm just really afraid they won't qualify and then knowing that there is absolutely nothing else we can do for them besides homeschool (which we all enjoy for right now, but I just don't see myself doing this forever). I'm especially frustrated because we had decided to test DS6 this fall, just for the information. But, that was before I knew about the school and now I'm completely second guessing myself and am unsure whether I should test DS4 first since he has the best chance due to more open spots for Kindergarten.
And honestly, I have no idea where they fall in the gifted continuum. I've researched until my head hurts and I just can't make heads or tails of it. They both currently have pretty big gaps between where they function and their age peers, but they meet very few of the exceptionally early markers besides speech and the emphasis in all the books seems to be on the kids doing things really early.
Anyways, I was just hoping that maybe there was some way to gauge ahead of time. Not so much a "yes, absolutely they are HG+", but at least whether there were some decent indicators they might be and so it was worth the "risk" to find out.
I don't know if any of this makes sense or if I'm completely over thinking things!
