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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the language you used, it appears that you are at a private school - I am not sure what state - possibly NY(?).  Have you considered other private schools?  Seeing what your local public might offer?

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The kids are all in public school.  DD is already in the gifted & talented program since 2nd grade but that's only one day a week. It turns out last year's teacher suggested this and this year's teacher, after watching DD for the past month, agrees.  Last year's teacher never once raised the issue with us though.  We can not afford private school. We're in a good school district, and it seems like the teachers have been trying to gve DD as challenging work as they can find time for. [/quote]

Hi OP.  I think you have a great set of teachers guiding.  I have a daughter who is on the older side of the spectrum, now in Middle School in MoCo.  because she was on the older side, I kept the idea of grade-skipping in the back of my mind always.  I was guided to consider this for 3rd / 4th grade or for 7th grade.  If you have a good school and a good nurturing environment in her current school, and the teachers are genuinely attending to her needs by giving her the extra challenge, then I would stay put.  Here's why.  So many middle schools have problems! We may skip her ahead now and I am so glad I have left this option open til now.  However, I wanted to see about how she would fare in the early adolescent years -- if she skipped, she'd the the youngest in the spectrum and would she be the last to get her period, wear a bra, or have a first kiss?.  These are middle-school-age events. And these were some of the issues that the pediatrician had me think about.  She is fine on all these fronts and she can skip and I must decide.  The school wants us to make the move NLT mid quarter (i.e., now) and we are pushing for the end of 1st grading period.  But this is the time in the school calendar that they would make the recommendation to grade skip.  [/quote]

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