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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, if it's truly because your child is so advanced, then see if he could [b]test into skipping a grade[/b]. If not, then ask the teachers if he can bring a book to read once he's done with his class work.

Even advanced kids generally aren't advanced in all areas. You might want to check with his pediatrician to see what else might be going on.[/quote]

At BASIS, no way.  Admins aren't allowed to consider it, not the model, not in marching orders from AZ.[/quote]

Is this actual knowledge?  Seems to me Basis would be on board if a kid were truly so advanced they could skip to the next year - why not?  But - proof of the pudding is in the eating as they say.  Your kid better be able to pass those (7th grade) comps (every class) - if he can do that - by all means, why not skip a grade?  I haven't yet heard what the OP's kids grades are.  Is he getting 100% in all his classes?  Or his he too "bored" to bother to get good grades?[/quote]

Yes, actual knowledge.  The answer to a question about skipping a grade will be absolutely not, the stock answer from BASIS admins in response to almost any question requesting flexibility within in the curriculum.  Admins are known for being inflexible, per the franchise's model for middle school.  Example: BASIS won't support, or even tolerate, advanced middle school language studies under any circumstances  Advanced language students are forced to study a second language at the beginning level, no exceptions.  It's the BASIS way or the highway
 at every turn, period.  To my knowledge, no student can skip a grade at BASIS DC under any circumstances.[/quote]

But your example is entirely unrelated to a kid who is above grade in ALL subjects.  I find it highly unlikely that basis would block such a kid from skipping a grade. (Assuming socio- emotional skills are there).  [/quote]

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