I do really understand what you guys are saying. This is all learning for me, so pile it on! The thing is, my gut tells me that DS's true peers are regular first graders, not GT first graders. Why couldn't he just be a below-the-radar, average first grader? There's no GT where I live until second grade at all.
The tester doesn't think that public is good for him at all because of the 2E factor and recommended hs, independent study (1/2 days) or a veeeery flexible independent school who'll let him have whatever he seems to need at the time. We haven't decided if we'll let the rest of the year play out. I mean, his report cards are great, so it's not like he's having real issues. His teacher says he behaves and has no problems with him. So, it's not a disaster. He's just not learning anything and complaining to us at home about the tedious nature of the work on stuff he mastered ages ago and of course, I can see, as his mother, that he's lost his spark and I don't like that.
