Her school is k-12. There are 2 libraries, one for k-gr 5, and a middle/high school one. She is going to allowed to go to the upper school library for non-fiction books for her classroom work.
Also she is going to get more guidance about what she could read for pleasure out of the lower school library that is "harder" than the 5th grade-ish stuff she has found on her own. (She'll be 8 and in 3rd next year. I'm guessing this is a sign that her library access will continue to be fluid as she progresses through elementary school.)
She is going to get a harder spelling list asap - her class has differentiated spelling lists but she has asked for a 4th grade list.
The principal told her that reading groups were going to be done differently next year.
Her two best friends are in her spelling and reading groups. Her letter stated that she needs harder work, but doesn't want to hurt their feelings and feels stuck. The principal emailed her back within hours on a Saturday. So I think its going to be okay.
I'm so relieved. The school recently asked us to get a 2nd neuropsych eval done because they couldn't figure out how to help her. We had done one last year, and had gotten her many appropriate accommodations. But we didn't want to retest her and were feeling wary about sending her back to school next year. Clearly we all just needed to ask her what to do.
Thanks for reading.
