These were my thoughts all along, and why we took her to a private Educational Psychologist (may I add at $200/hr) who basically said go with what the school is doing. She told us we could go to a higher level of testing with a specialist but thought we’d just be paying thousands of dollars for the same results. I’m trying to be proactive because I see HS on the horizon and I’m worried.
I looked at Private schools in our area and the Catholic ones (we are Catholic) don’t have much in the Special Ed dept and two others said if
your child needs Special Ed services, they get sent to the local (very good) public school for part of the day! (not our district)
That is why I said you will have to FIGHT. You have to keep going at it. Is there any way you can home school? zI know some parents ( more than a dozen over the years) and they had to keep fighting. Be your child’s advocate. Go in with the results. Find out what the criteria are for special ed. I would think her IQ would make her eligible for help.
This is what happened when we let the feds decide what education should be. Not a real surprise all things considered.
I wish you well. It is a long up hill battle