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Other tips or solutions you came up with to get through this? I was thinking maybe DC should have skipped a grade but I didn't want to put DC in with older kids. 
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Depending on just how far ahead your kid is in math, you could look into having your child skip a grade or two in math, but remain in their regular grade for all other subjects.  FCPS does allow this, but your kid would have to be pretty far off of the charts for the school to consider it.  [/quote]

Thank you. So how would it be determined if kid is 'off the charts'? How will they know? I am happy to talk with teacher/principal when the time is right and make a case, but I feel nervous about it and would obviously prefer if it was just something that became known to them from knowing DC's work. [/quote]

It won't become known to them from your kid's work, because the teacher won't assign anything to facilitate that.  The best approach is to have absurdly high test scores that support your case.  If your child had taken 1st grade iready and had scores indicating that your child was at a 3rd or 4th grade level, that would help.  They would then still test your child on their own.

If your child is comfortably doing BA 3 or 4 problems, you could request that the school test your child for a possible math skip.  The teacher and principal absolutely will roll their eyes at you behind your back and assume you're one of the many parents who think their children are much more gifted than they actually are.  But they should do the testing, and your kid's performance will speak for itself.  [/quote]

DC started mid semester and didn't complete iReady (yet; not sure if/when he will). I don't want to incur eyerolls because I know how much power the teacher has re: AAP referral (the HOPE). [/quote]

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