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[quote=Anonymous]Hi.  DS is 6 and in first grade at a private school.  However, his birthday falls after the public school cutoff date, and he would currently be in kindergarten if he were at public school. We've just been informed that his current private school is dramatically increasing their tuition for the 2017-2018 next year, and it is no longer financially feasibly for us to continue sending him there. The reason we have not sent DS to public school is that while he is doing fine academically (actually ahead of his current first grade level), his social skills are still developing and behind others of his age (he is currently attending social skills classes with an occupational therapist). 
Our school district is actually very good and highly ranked, and I have no problem with public school. However, we are trying to decide whether we should consider having him enter public school in second grade, according to his academic progression (and where he would be one of the youngest students), or have him enter public school as a first grader, where he would be based on his birthdate. We are worried that if he put him in second grade, he may struggle with being one of the youngest (although he is big for his age) and having lower social skills, and we are worried that if we put him in first grade, he will be bored academically and make a big deal out of having to repeat first grade again, although he may be more socially on part with his classmates.

In addition, if we put DS in second grade, he would end up being four years ahead of his younger sister at school, when she is only three years and one month younger than him, which doesn't seem right.

What would you do in this situation?  [/quote]

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