We tried our local private day 'college prep' school for 6th and 7th grade. It was scary expensive, things just are in our part of the country. Think small liberals college.
They did give him his needed gradeskip, which the public schools just didn't see the need for, and they did give him support to reverse his undeachievement, which by the end of 4th grade in public school with only 1 teacher that 'got' him, he sorely needed. So I believe that it was money well spend, but Oh! was I happy when we brought him back to the public school for 8th grade.
Now I spend more than I would have on summer programs and travel to weekend events to get his social needs met, but only about 25% more, so I feel comfortable with that.
A bigger sacrifice was the years DS lost in elementary school, being convinsed that he was 'bad.'
Of course the biggest sacrifice was not having more than one child. At the time we didn't know what was going on, just that baby was unconsolable, and attached to mommy at the hip, and we sort of figured that we were bad parents and better not try for more kids. (All our local friends and family members agreed with this assesment and didn't hesitate to share this info with us!) Plus who had the time or energy? If I had understood myself and DH as gifted people, or LOG, then perhaps that would have been enough to give us courage to have more children, maybe not.
Love and More Love,
Grinity
