Originally Posted by master of none
She is in 8th now and we are creative about keeping it OK. 9th would be a better place for her academically(2 years skipped), maybe even maturation wise, but we just feel one grade skipped is right so we undid one skip. This is where she fits athletically as well as socially. So our new standard became the grade that was tolerable with whatever special stuff is necessary. And a flexible principal made that happen. DD does like being able to compete academically at this level, so do consider things like academic contests in your metric.


How do you undo a skip? I mean apart from the obvious - how did you make the placement work for her?

Last edited by Tigerle; 09/08/14 09:19 AM.