Thank you everyone. I felt very discouraged when I first posted. I went and ate dinner and relaxed a little and feel better. I am not going to give up. I will go in front of the board if that is what it takes.
I actually gave them a lot of material on our dd(a portfolio) tons of research on acceleration, the IAS, states with funding that use the IAS and acceleration, and districts in our area in our no funding no mandate state(red lucky us) that also impliment successful programs.
The principal(who I feel is in our corner) said she was actually astonished by how much they are lacking and how much she is lacking in knowledge of gifted education. I feel that she actually was interested in introducing new things to the school. I don't know what will happen and when, but I am happy that I am exposing them to something.
I will be optimistic that the new plan will be great and I am holding them accountable for not only reporting weekly on what activities were done, but I want to see records and want a communication journal. This way if we go to the board we can say it didn't work b/c of x,y,z and here is what they were doing, how often they were doing it.
I am going to take the advice about relaying our conversations in emails so I can keep records, just to prove to myself I am not nuts when they change their tune.
Thanks for all the advice from everyone. This site is truly a savior!!
