Two steps forward, two steps back. Last year we enforced DD's single-year grade skip, faced down all the doubters to be a star student, and even won a major award (state level) to make her school look good.
This year... sigh.
DD10 reported they weren't learning anything in math, the class wasn't moving forward, because the GT math class was shared between 5th and 6th graders, and the 6th graders, between behavior issues and curriculum demands, were monopolizing the time. She got a new GT LA teacher, and DD didn't like her. Science and social studies in the homeroom became an even bigger problem than usual, because the school decided to give the kids TWO home rooms this year. That provided twice the scheduling problems than usual. I don't know what, if anything, she managed to learn in these subjects.
Finally, DD ended the year with a long-term, yet unidentified medical issue. She missed enough school that we finally pulled her out to homeschool her for the last month. She still received an end-year report card, with some Bs and Cs due to incomplete work... one more blow to her already fragile ego.
Going forward, we've decided to let DD do online education for her final year of elementary. But due to lack of educational progress (see above), she did not qualify for GT services during their assessment (bangs head on desk).
The good: DD competed on the robotics team, and earned most of her team's points. She played in the band and sang in the choir both, the only kid doing so (they don't usually allow that, but they made an exception for her, without us even asking).
DD and DW are taking a loooooong trip for the summer.
