Excellent post, Gratifed! Couldn't agree more!
And Onthego, as for "just moving kids up a grade or two and being done with it", I think you're in for a rude awakening! An appropriate level is relatively easy to obtain in a school setting. Maintaining that level can be close to impossible. You can fight tooth and nail for a grade skip for your child and find that once you finally get it, it is no longer enough after 2 months and you're back to the drawing board. You really need to rely on yourself and outside of school activities if you want to get your child the appropriate education. It may not be fair but often that's the way it is. Don't look for the school to solve all the problems.
Definately agree! I fought for two years to get the proper placement/dual enrollment for my DD. It was great for a semester, and lasted two. It was a success in my book. The success is just so short lived.
(Dottie, you don't know how much I envy you your school district.)
