Sorry, didn't mean to hijack the discussion. Although we do have our own individual concerns (points were well made: early entry is easier than elementary or later skip), we did have our fair share of hoops to jump through just to get that point.
What I meant to get across was that I agree that it can be challenging to deal within the system and that can go a long way to facilitating a skip versus obstruction. I sympathize. We just got our Iowa Acceleration Scale which I too recommend. I haven't read through all of it yet, but I believe there is one section about the SD supporting the skip which adds to the score. I can see some districts making it unnecessarily difficult to get a needed skip. And I can see why some parents wouldn't bother.
JB
