Originally Posted by Cathy A
We decided to start DS (who is now 5yrs 5mos)
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We have had great success so far with a midyear switch to first and planned promotion to second next year. Compacting two grades into one year can help to smooth the transition and can relieve school doubts about educational "gaps." A lot depends on your child's temperment and appetite for a structured academic environment as opposed to the less structured K environment. Some schools have VERY structured K's, though, and in that case early entrance to first could be the better choice.

That's good to hear. I'm hoping that at a minimum our district is open to that. PA doesn't require K so I'm not sure how much communication there is between K and the elementary school. Since I've heard good things about our particulary K-school, I'm optimistic.

JB