Hi- looking for some advice. We are a military family that just moved from Northern VA to the Morongo Basin in CA. Our 12 year old son grade skipped from 1st to 2nd seamlessly - it helped provide a more challenging environment but he has always been able to work at least 1-2 years beyond his grade level.
Due to limitations set by the school district, he is repeating almost an entire year of math (he took Pre AP Algebra 1 last year.) His middle school can only offer Integrated Math 1. He is pretty bored in most other subjects except his piano course where the teacher is thrilled to challenge him and have an excellent accompanist for the chorus.
Long story short, after drawn out discussions with the school district, the only option that was offered was to grade skip him into high school so he could have access to advanced math and a variety of other electives. Initially, we (son and I) thought that a 12 year old in high school would be too socially challenging.
Now that he is a month into school and frustrated with pace of his classes, he has been reconsidering the idea.
two questions- does anyone know what would be the implications of moving up to high school and then changing school districts (to another state). If we ended up back in VA in two years, could he go back a year if he needed the credits to graduate?
Are there age requirements to participate in sports? He is a great swimmer and could hold his own on the high school team. A little harder to compete against growing boys that have hit puberty... but I know he wouldn't want to miss the opportunity to be on the team.
Has anyone out there skipped 8th grade (or has a child that has)? How were the adjustments?
