I know I go against the grain here but I do think a lot of us don't always give schools their proper credit. These are unusual kids! Most schools don't know what to do with them. Handing them a profoundly gifted child and saying "educate him to his potential" is like putting an Olympic level athlete in the local litle league and expecting him to maximize his performance.
While it's easy to rail on schools & teachers (although some are truly deserving), I've always believed that given the political & financial constraints and often dismal (if any) parental support, there are some that do a darn good job.
Being in a smaller school/district has advantages for us in that we don't have a lot of the political & bureaucratic redtape that many do.
One of the main reasons for going through the assessment is that any conversation now will have a relatively objective set of facts on the table. Both the school & private psychologist have agreed to work together on planning, and this united front will (hopefully) help to offset the "pushy-parent-knows-nothing" mindset of some admin & teachers.
I truly understand that by asking to work within the system, I am expecting an awful lot of everybody involved. But as discussed in the "Frustrated Parent" thread, our only options at this time must include the public school.
I'll be heading to the bookstore this weekend. In all my reading, I've consciously avoided any of the HG/PG-related content (thinking it would never apply), so have very little like that in my library. Guess I'll be clearing off some shelf space.
