So I guess what I should emphasize is that the gifted magnet (which my DD has attended for two years+ now) is essentially equivalent to a 1-year skip, perhaps a bit more. (It is a true GT program in that they only take 130+ kids.) So, in essence, if we skip DS now, he will end up double-skipped, academically (though not socially or age-wise--there, he would be single-skipped). I think skipped kids are virtually nonexistent at the magnet. Basically, skipping him now would mean that we are saying that he needs MORE than a skip. Does that make sense?
