Originally Posted by deacongirl
I thought I could say, truthfully, that because she is old for grade and had been working 1 yr. ahead since she started at Montessori, that we could have had her declared a 6th grader and start at the middle school when we moved, but that seemed too much of a change, and the school agreed that she would do well with a skip in the fall. Please pass the bean dip.

That sounds reasonable, right? Hoping it is fine.

yeah. I like that. You can emphasize the "cut-off birthday kids and how hard it is to figure out what grade to put them in, and then with the move, and the change from Montessori... as long as you mention it was the school's idea, seems to me you're good to go. I know some posters like to keep it simple, but I also see some point in explaining too much. I think other parents start to think that in your shoes they wouldn't have known what grade to put their kid into either.. smile (not that you didn't, but just a little muddy water doing its trick)