Just to alter the perspective.....if your child was a brilliant swimmer would you make them switch to running so they didn't get too far ahead of their peers?
I think this is the gist of the question I have. Do you compare school to a sport where if you are a swimmer running does not matter except to cross train or to you have to think of if more as a Decathlon, i.e., you need to catch up on the sciences, humanities etc of the grades in the middle. If this was post-graduate education this would be clear: you specialize. In elementary school I am more wary. No idea what the kids want to do at this age
