It's all very complicated... the superintendent is sort of on the hot seat.....it's a huge district with over 10,000 kids.... and it has some "rapidly improving schools". He makes a lot of money over 4 times the average income for the city, and he is not from this area. He was hired from another state to come in and "fix" the school system. Many people here hate him....lol sort of a local joke, that he is a huge waste of money. So everything he does and says in under a microscope.
I have gone to him he referred me to the director of the gifted programing, who I met with today. I have met with him before..... it was like meeting with two different people.
There is a board meeting on April 1st at which they are going to be talking about a new program for gifted and talented, they will be announcing it to the public. The guy I met with today has mentioned this to me several times.... I thinks he wants me to come and support him. I don't think he realizes how mad I am.... I am swinging back and forth between finding a lawyer who will take our case pro bono, or home schooling.
He has said he has a daughter who is gifted and I think he understands to some degree what we are going through..... he seems to want to help i guess, at least that is what he is saying. But then he is not really offering much.
The SCAT test our son took we set him up with, it wasn't through the school at all.... I filled out the paperwork and he took the test at a testing place in a nearby city. I did have the results sent to the school.
I am also thinking of going to the local newspaper. They are very critical of the school system...... but then what happens to my son? everybody in the whole area will know he is "the smart little boy!" OY!
