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[quote=Anonymous]My kids are in the suburbs, both are bright, but their birthdays fall +/- 6 weeks from the age cutoff. This means I have experience observing 2 kids learning to read - one who is the youngest in his grade, sometimes by 15 months, and another who is close to the oldest in his grade with only a few red-shirted summer BDs older than him.

If you are engaged and supporting your child at home, the range of skills in the classroom in lower elementary is not as important as the behavior in the classroom. Both of my kids are technically ahead, but k-3rd, we tell them it’s important to have a good foundation and that they may cover things they already know at school, but maybe they will learn a different way to approach the same problem. We tell them they are adding tools to their toolbox and neither has ever said they are bored. Their school’s % on grade level may be lower than other schools nearby because they have a lot of State Dept and diplomatic families that are transitory and a high % of English language learners. The test scores reflect that. My older child is in a mixed gifted/mainstream/special ed class and and he is benefiting from the mixed environment, not suffering. However the teacher has good support in terms of aids and good control of the classroom. Last year his teacher was fluent in Spanish, so he had a mixed classroom where 1/3 were ESL. Behavior issues and disruptions have not been an issue and I think that’s the key to a successful classroom with a mix of levels.

It is public school - so it’s important to have a reasonable expectation of how much individual attention your child will receive. [/quote]

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