her first comment was that we should be an advocate.
Gratified3, did you mean she said you should *get* an advocate? If you're not already an advocate with all you went through with your district, I don't know who is!
Or is there a process you can go through to become an official Advocate that would make the district take you more seriously? If so, sign me up!
I did hire an advocate who specializes in gifted ed when DS6 was in K (I'll PM the name to you JBDad). I think it made a difference only in terms of my confidence and to gain knowledge about the laws. This person was extremely knowledgeable, but didn't have the knowledge of my DS as an individual to effectively make the district do anything different. This person was very hesitant to call them on the law for whatever reason. At this point, I don't know that it would make any difference.
