It was a very mixed year. DD4 certainly went through many phases. She was starting to get restless at her tiny school and it showed up in her behaviors. She still loves her teacher and adores her friends but she was not happy by mid-year. Her teacher was really helpful and worked with us to make it better but I think we all saw that DD needed a change and I think DD knew it more than the rest of us.
Lesson learned #1: Take it a year at the time. Have a Plan B and C for the following year.
Lesson learned #2: Don't confuse what your child needs vs what you want for your child.
She is starting kindergarten next year at a private GT school. Their soft cut-off is 98 percentile but I have a feeling that it's lower for priority families and higher for "outsiders." Apparently, DD is not the only outlier they found this year but they'd be split into different classrooms as they do not believe in homogenous or ability grouping. Next year would be an interesting one for us, for sure.
