She is subject accelerated in Math currently, and it's still going very well. She is in the top third in the class, but I haven't been told where exactly. I assume it's challenging for her since she is completely engaged at that time. Math is the only time she goes to a 4th grade classroom. Her 3rd grade teacher gives her the 4th grade spelling words though, which was challenging content at first but isn't anymore.
In addition, they implemented something I specifically requested - a gifted program that isn't grade-specific. So in addition to the 2-hr weekly gifted program with others in grade 3, she now also goes to another 3 hours/week that is for all exceptionally gifted students across grades 1-5. The bad news here is that there are currently only 3 kids and she's the oldest; however, the gifted teacher says DD has begun to show more leadership skills there, so that's good.
Even with those changes (which helped a lot for a while), she is still w/her 3rd grade classroom about 65% of her day. The gifted teacher is looking into doing some more subject acceleration - perhaps science and social studies. And she will also talk to her teacher about stepping up the difficulty of the spelling words. But her classroom teacher really doesn't 'get it', so I can never count on anything happening that relies on the classroom teacher. In general, this school is completely new to any accommodations on this end of the spectrum, though, so the best way for me to ensure that the classroom teachers do what the school commits to is to advocate for a grade skip. My first choice would be the HG school, but I can't count on that. Another option is to inquire about moving to a different grade school in the same district. I'm told that one in particular does a great job with this, so I may at least check into that as well.
