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+100.  I've known a few people who skipped a grade or more and not a single one had a normal social life.  Most had tiger parents (speaking of parenting style, not ethnicity) who focused  on academic achievement above all else.  Please don't do this to your child.

And as for how it fits with redshirting, there is a reason Maryland schools only allow early admittance to kids born in September and then, only after they pass a readiness test.  If you know redshirting is the norm in your school, why would you want to move your child a grade ahead?
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Because I don't want him to STILL spend his time with the classroom full of kids just learning their ABCs more than a year from now when he's already a good reader TODAY. [/quote]

Why do you think there won't be other readers in his K class, if you start him on time? There is going to be a huge ability range in any public class (K, first grade and so on). [/quote]
I am sure they will be other readers in his K class but unless they are ALL readers, the teacher will have to teach ABCs because there is no expectation or requirement that kindergartners arrive at the school's doorstep able to read. The onus to teach them to read is on the school. [/quote]

The first graders won't all be readers, either. [/quote]

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