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[quote=Anonymous]OP here, thanks for all of the responses.

One of the reasons we question is b/c we don't see that much of a difference between the peers who are going to Level IV in our area and our DC, with maybe one or two exceptions....and we are not the only ones to notice this. Also, there is SUCH a discrepancy between the base school and the Level IV school in terms of school resources, that we worry our DC will be left behind in some areas. And I fully admit....my husband and I were both in gifted programs growing up, we just wonder if we shouldn't be pushing a bit in this situation.

However, all of that is anecdotal (we are not teachers/psychologists), and as several of you have pointed out, our child is happy and really does love school (how many 3rd graders say that?!) and is having academic needs met. We should count ourselves lucky.

It's a dilemma fueled by living in this area :-). Do we push to make sure our child is getting "the best" of everything even when it may not be deserved? Or do we relax and say, let's ride this out because things are going quite well.

FWIW, our school has a new advanced academics teacher this year. The one from last year was quite flaky. When I submitted our parent-referral form, she called me and said, "We received your packet. I just want to let you know that when we...I mean if we turn your child down, there is an appeals process that works like this..." She then sent a letter home saying that our child would get Level II AAP in Math, with a handwritten note that said "^and social studies", but she then left our child's name off of the AAP lists for the start of this year. It took until the 2nd quarter to get that all straightened out. Good thing the 3rd grade teacher was on the ball and starting to give AAP for math anyway based on performance! My point is that I'm not very hopeful of getting the GBRS from the school, but I may ask anyway.[/quote]

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