Thanks so much for all of your incredibly helpful responses. After reading them I think that I will go to the school district with his test reults, as well as the other information that they request, and see what they tell me. I did re-check the websites for the school district and it seems that his CogAt scores were just under the criteria for the gifted centers, but definitely high enough for the gifted instruction that is offered in the school(plus, given the info. in Inky's post, that may unfortunately be the only alternative available in the near-future anyway). Plus, as it was pointed out, it seems that the CogAt is just one of many criteria that they use, so it is hard to say what the district will tell me when looking at all of the information we provide them with. We are also having his current teacher fill out a gifted behaviors survey, so hopefully that will help as well. It is just reassuring to know that I'm not pursuing something that will get his hopes up, but that he really has no chance at. Thanks again for all of the help!!
