Originally Posted by MsFriz
Over the summer, he's become good friends with some of the 3rd and 4th graders in the class above him, and he just recently stated that he wished he could skip a grade to be closer to them. I've never heard anything like this come out of his mouth before (and he has no idea he's already essentially skipped a grade by starting a year early), so I was pretty shocked. His school has always done a great job of meeting his academic needs regardless of what "grade" he's in (he received 4th grade language arts curriculum in 1st), so I've never seen a need for another skip, but now that he's raised the issue for social reasons, I'm beginning to wonder if it won't be necessary again at some point, even within this school.

I'd always read on here that sometimes you're lucky to get a couple of good years out of a placement before something needs to be tweaked. I always thought we'd somehow avoid this since the fit after the accommodations seemed to be working so well on so many levels. But then, lo and behold, my DD casually mentioned in May that the math was too easy and she wanted something higher-level. I was NOT expecting it, but looking back, it makes sense, what with the pace of learning issue and all. Luckily, she's switching to a school where the academics are 1/2 to 1 year beyond her previous school! I (and she) could use a little breathing room!

Any thought of addressing the possibility of a skip to 3rd grade with the school?

She thought she could, so she did.