We are definitely on board with the kindergarten skip. As Iocounu mentioned, it's not really going to solve much academically since he's well above the 1st grade level. But at least he wont have to sit around while the other kids learn their ABC's and counting to 10.
But, I think going any further would be a bad idea due to his age/maturity and never having experienced full day school.
Starting this fall, Kindergarten is now full day in our district.
We do have another two year old so the nanny will still be around. She can work with him a bit after school. Fortunately, he enjoys school work.
I had never heard about DYS until a week ago. Just stumbled across it looking for gifted discussion, so don't really know anything about the program. After a brief review, looks like he might qualify.
Thanks for the advice.
