I know what you mean by being so happy with having a choice, onthegomom. It's almost like having a second chance at somethng that's going horribly.
I'm crossing my fingers about our situation as well. DS7 has been in school for 4.5mths, and it's been unbearable for him till the last several weeks when all the changes clicked into place. The first three months was all about waiting for the grade skip that was promised. Then DS bombed the math placement test (he aced a similar one about 9mths earlier) and the grade skip promise was rescinded. Plus his handwriting is very poor and he is, to paraphrase the gifted officer, "socially backward". Fine, that's their opinion. But we're still left with a problem - he just doesn't fit in. His teacher couldn't believe the results of the test, which is why she's so willing to help out. She even suggested taking time out from school for the external math class, for which I am grateful.
Come the meeting, I believe she'll reiterate her views - that he doesn't belong in her Grade 1 class (our school year runs from Jan to Dec). My hopes for another placement test are ebbing, since realistically, grade skips are extremely rare (less than 10 skips in the last 10 years across 150 schools) here. These days though, I've become very short term focused - I just want to fix the issues year by year, keep him happy and learning for as long as I can, and hope that a longer term solution will eventually out itself.
Good luck to all of us in similar circumstances!
