Anna, My first grader is similar! He has been officially suspended twice for behavior and the principal asked him how he felt and he said, "Happy!" Yes, of course happy...he's out of the boring class and in a nice quiet room reading books of his choice. He is already in the gifted first grade but they don't do extra differentiation...he was told by the teacher to bring books from home to keep him occupied during the time he finishes early. Anyway, he is also autistic (diagnosed before age 3) so that is ALL the school sees. It is like they feel they are doing enough to accommodate for his autism, that they don't have to accommodate for his academic needs (except by putting him in the gifted 1st grade class) and all we ever hear from them are comments about his behavior. It is very frustrating to deal with school personnel because they really seem to be blind to gifted-ness when there are other factors (behavior) involved. I do not know who you should contact next because we reached a dead end with our school and are going to a gifted school next year. Just letting you know you are not alone and good luck!! Nan
