I am torn as to where to place my son next year. He just qualified for the gifted program in our public school system, but he will have to ride a shuttle bus to another school & back every day. Not a terrible thing, but a consideration.
The BIG problem is that my husband is not on board. Even though my oldest daughter has been in the program for 4 years (she was able to remain at her school at the time), he now says that he doesn't think they should be "segregated" from everyone else & that it looks like we think our kids are too good for the school now.
I have tried explaining my point of view to him in every way I can: gifted doesn't mean better, it means different so they need a different type of education; I had my daughter tell me how her life was different since being in gifted ed & talked to him abt that; I told abt my experiences both in & out of gifted classes when I was in school. I just ran into a brick wall.
I'm frustrated because my son would do fine in regular ed, but I want to see him flourish like my daughter has.
Any ideas?
