az, I would not address acceleration at conference. In our district, our conferences are scheduled for 15 minutes.
This is not a typical situation and may require more than 15 minutes to discuss.
My recommendation is to go to the conference since it's pretty close and just listen. Don't suggest anything. You can bring a notebook if you like, that way you can write down anything she says for future reference. Ex: we were shown an assessment, but not allowed to take it with us.
See what she says and what the plans are to accomodate. Then regroup with family and decide how to proceed.
This will also give you time to get together the info you want from the acceleration scale.
Advocation is not an instantaneous process.
Pace yourself and keep coming back to the board when you need to.
I'm glad you are investigating the policies. Perhaps you can also find out where the policies are printed. EX, handout, at discrict office, online. I've found it helpful to read the actual policy myself instead of relying on other people to interpret it for me. In fact, I probably could have saved myself a headache or two if I had gotten a hold of the copy before I even started advocating. Good luck with the phone call.
