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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes. My 9 yr old and almost 12 yr old both skipped first grade. One has a birthday in mid-October and the other, late September.

We met with the teacher and the assistant principal. We were basically given a long weekend to think about it with both kids. One was able to start the new grade on the first day of school, but the other started in the second month of the school year and they wanted to be very distinct about which day that was - had to do with lesson plans and projects being given out. [/quote]

Did you ask for this, or did the school suggest it?[/quote]

In one case the teacher floated the idea past us very briefly in the midst of a hectic event, and we thought she wasn't serious and was just being kind of effusive in her complimenting so we said, "Oh thank you" but then the AP followed up. After the second or third day DH asked DD how she thought her new class was going and she nodded and said, "This feels right. I'm among my people now."

In the other case, the AP called us a few days before school started and told us he'd met with the kinder teacher DD had, the first grade teacher she was slated to have, and one of the second grade teachers and they all agreed this would be best for DD so it was up to us. They put her with the second grade teacher older DD had had, and all of a sudden she wasn't bored with school anymore like she had been in kindergarten. [/quote]

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