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Thank you! And yes, LOL, GATE school said no. Even though the principal is the nicest person and really gets gifted kids.

DS7 doesn't like to get up for school and it's hard to get him out of the house. It's also amazing how much earlier he gets up on weekends. He's asked to go to another school once but we haven't talked about it very much. I do not want to make him more miserable or to make him think he could go somewhere else if he can't. That said, he defends his school friends and wants to do what they are doing. This morning I almost let him stay home to read the book he can't put down. I had to bite my tongue from saying, "if you stayed home a few hours a week, you could read your book..."

I am thinking about having the admissions person of a new local gifted private school meet with him and offer suggestions. The admissions process is a one-hour assessment visit and the school will be one of our choices if the free GATE school didn't work out.