First of all, I am furious that the regular teacher told him he may need medication. In my state, it's Illegal for the teachers to say that to the Parents! And yet, in 2nd grade, the teacher played those mind games with my son, and as gifted as he was, he swallowed them. These people have your child 30 hours a week!
I would set up a meeting with her, demanding that she stop doing the various specific things that make him feel like a mental case. I would mention at the end of the face to face meeting that 'of course I am going to have to bring this to the principle's attention'
Then I would send a 'review of major points' email cc'd to the principle and the gifted coordinator (and an attorny, if you can find one you can afford) reviewing the meeting. What you said, and what you heard the teacher respond.
Then I would ask the for a meeting with the principle. I would go over the whole thing again.
I would also get copies of whatever testing that was done and type them into a private message for Dottie to look at. You want to have some idea of your child's LOG. Do you or the Gifted Coordinator have a copy of the 'Iowa Acceleration Scale' Manual?
The best way to get rid of a terrible teacher is to grade skip away (if it's an appropriate accomidation)
BTW -Over the years my son has also aways attracted 'extra (negative) attention' from various other '2nd most gifted boy' types. This doesn't seem unusual if infact your son is 'way out standing in his field' - hopefully a grade skip would put him more 'amoung the top crowd' and less the lonely outlier/target.
Con't be afraid to cry in the principle's office. 'At your wit's end' is a great place to start making waves from.
Love and More Love,
Grinity
