Wow! Way to go, kickball! Great post! We should all print this out and keep it for our own use with advocacy efforts.

Kudos! smile

Nothing much to add to that. Just stay focused, and be prepared for the red herrings they'll want to throw out into the discussion. For example, I would argue that the "social development" thing is pretty much a red herring for the grade skipping. It's a way to scare you out of asking for what your child needs without any real evidence.

To that end I would second reading "A Nation Deceived" and looking into the Iowa Acceleration Scale to see if your daughter is a good candidate. You may decide she's not, and that's great, but I think it's preferable that the decision be based on evidence and reasonable analysis, not just fear of some nebulous social problems that are NOT the norm for grade-skipped kids.


Kriston