Dottie, you are for sure one of the parents who made it work. I admire you for that. I don't think I would ever master so much patience, persistence, and tact.
As for homeschooling it really depends on what you really want, what schools are available in your area and how accommodating they are. You may end up in an area with a self contained gifted class for HG+ kids or you may end up in a school district where you cannot even use the word gifted.
There are quite a few PG kids who thrive in school, there are also lots of PG who ended up homeschooled at some point. I think the earlier years are the most difficult ones as the difference between PG and ND kid is very pronounced. The idea of a child reading Harry Potter sitting in K and "learning" to read words like cat is downright scary.
In our case after a bad year in K, we tried to imagine the best possible scenario. One in which the public school would do exactly what we thought was best for our son. Unfortunately we couldn't come up with a reasonable enough scenario that would address both his academic and emotional needs. What would be a good academic fit would most likely be a complete disaster socially. At the end homeschooling looked like the easiest way out and it still does.
