JT,
Our son skipped 2nd and 4th. He is 8 now and is finishing up 5GT. From an academic perspective, we felt compelled to allow this as he was totally bored. His current teacher has suggested that she does not feel 6th grade will offer him any challenges and that we should consider another jump. So he would start next year as a 9yo 7th grader.
I initially had no concerns about him skipping, but I am really questioning where this is going. Does he go to HS as a 10yo? He has an older brother (+ 5 years) and usually has no issues dealing with older kids. We will be meeting with counselor, middle school principal, and others in the next few weeks to discuss placement. We just did state testing this week and he was 'intimidated' when he went into testing and everyone there was so much older than him.
We attend a virtual public school and day-to-day interaction is limited - both a good thing and a bad thing, imo.
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