I am also in a state with no gifted laws. It is a very uphill battle with these kids in this situation. My first suggestion would be to request your districts written policies. They will not test here just for giftedness so it actually may not be legal but that would be in writing. We had to take private testing, which they won't recognize in to them before they would do their own testing, but my DD is 2E and qualified because of that.
My district didn't have any that they would release to me so in our case that lead us to the Assistant Superintendant of Schools/Director of Curriculum to have questions answered. My DD attended as a dual enrollment for a year and will continue with only music and art after Christmas, it's getting to rough even with just that one subject. There are no options for us unless we would like to consider driving an hour each way, expressway driving, for partial day classes in another county. That wasn't a choice for us right now.
You mentioned homeschooling isn't an option. Is there another PS that is more open to your son, or a private one that might be an option?
Last edited by melmichigan; 12/22/09 05:24 PM.
