Yes - good luck Dottie! Looking forward to the update.

Mia - on the "We have MANY highly gifted kids in this school comment". Our school also uses this comment with much frequency. I think what they mean (in our case anyway) is they have many moderately gifted kids. After volunteering in DS7s' 1st grade class for a couple months, this is really obvious. And many MG kids are fine at grade level. Had I not been volunteering, I would have believed this comment or felt empowered to do anything. I'm not sure if you said you've done this, but if you can spend any time in the classroom, I highly recommend it. It really has been a wake up call. Anyway - don't let that comment from them deter you! I know our school just lumps all GT kids together.