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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I’ve never heard of a public school having a gifted class for kindergartners[/b] never mind over 20 kids in the class. 
Are they reading chapter books and writing book reports?  Math for 4th graders?

Maybe he would be better off in a class where social skills are most important.    Plus I don’t think you should rely on how well he did in preschool.   He’s having difficulties now.  The experts can give you advice on what to do.  [/quote]

Me neither. Publics cannot afford to administer a real IQ test to every pre-K child whose parents request it, because it would have to be done orally and one-on-one at that age. Maybe the kids in the class are not technically gifted, just determined to be academically advanced. It would make sense for a public school to put all the kids who are already reading in one class so the teacher did not have to contend with a huge range of abilities.[/quote]

Some cities do offer what they call gifted programming starting in K.  Chicago is one of them, I'm sure there are others.  It's generally understood to merely be accelerated learning, not real gifted learning.  But back to the OP.  I believe you said your child was in a Montessori preschool.  Montessori generally allows the child to determine what and how they work/play throughout the day.  A typical gen Ed structured kindergarten would require a lot of rule and procedure following.  My guess is here is where the disconnect it.  It could be that your child is fine when they get to make most or all of the choices, but struggle when someone else is doing that.  I highly recommend getting on the list for a neuropsych appt.  You can always cancel it later if you need to.  I'd also request the school to do an evaluation.  It will at least start the process, which can take 1-2 years.  I wish you and the school good luck.  The issues you describe (not paying attention, humming) don't seem hard to deal with on the school's end.  I'm going to go on and guess that the teacher suspects autism, which right now might not be a big deal, but could be down the line.  Of course, she may be wrong but what does it hurt to look into it.[/quote]

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