My kids go to a private school, but we looked into public schools last October when the private school wasn't working. The principals I contacted weren't interested in a grade skip (one said "Forget it" without even meeting my son). They gave me the "in-class differentiation" line and one told me they might be able to accomodate a one-year acceleration but "if you're talking about algebra in 2nd grade, forget it" (and my son started doing algebra in February of 2nd grade).
I think we have all BTDT
I wonder sometimes why this attitude is so common, almost the only one you are going to encounter, at least initially. I wonder how many people request changes based on the fact that their kid is "so smart" versus number of parents with kids who have real numbers behind them. Any guesses?
