Mama,
So, you've decided to go ahead with the testing? If you've found a school that is willing to work with you, I say stay! The fact he doesn't "dread" school anymore is huge. These little guys have so many years ahead of them...it's so important to start out on the right foot. That's another reason we tested. We didn't want to get to middle school and have to undo the damage of so many mind numbing years. We were afraid he would just shut down.
We are in Dacula and DS9 is goes to the public elementary, good district/good shcool. We had a meeting with the principal, gifted coordinator, counselor, accelerated math teacher, and vice principal right before Christmas. We provided them with our IQ results (which they didn't really want to talk about),and requested some changes due to DS's extreme boredom and unhappiness. They mostly cared about the scores on their standardized tests...Cogat and ITBS, both of which DS scored off the scale. They seemed to understand those results better than the Wisc-IV and Wiat-II. We did get them to switch his teacher after the break, so now he is is a gifted cluster class and in the FOCUS program once a week. He will start accelerated math and reading pull outs next year. It is not enough, but they are trying and we are still considering applying for a grade skip next year.
The testing isn't a magic wand that makes people understand your child, I've realized. His scores will allow him access to DYS, Saturday School at Georgia State, and other enrichment opportunites he would not have had access to if we had not done the testing. As for school, we are doing what we can. He's still bored, the work is uninteresting, and he spends most of his time reading.
Dr. Newman told me recently(we still communicate via email updates) that for HG children most of their enrichment will happen outside of school. That's why all the extracurriculars, he is my "more" child. More hunger, more attention, more sensitive, more active, more affection, more time, more money!
