The "must be number one" rule doesn't make sense. At all.
I agree
. Originally they were going to have her take the next level of the NWEA b/c they felt that the K version had a cap in place compared to the harder one. Then out of the blue I got a call from the super. telling me she would have to score two grade levels above for them even to consider it. I told them she already did, but he said he wanted these to support her first test. Then I get a call a week later saying they had her test that week, but with the K version b/c they decided she should be number 1 for them to consider it. I knew with those calls that a game was being played.
So sad and disappointing as this is a good district and once she is old enough for thier gifted program it is good. It is just from now to 3rd grade seems so far off and she is sooooo frustrated. Friday is the worst day of the week for her and she often melts down after school. She just tells us "she just wants to learn something". We work a lot with her at home, but she spends 6 hours a day at school. Plus she is a total perfectionist and a people pleaser. So I think she spends all day acting perfect, pretending to love school and then comes home and erupts b/c she feels safe venting with us. It has just gotten so bad over the last couple of weeks
