DS is skipping K too. I've gone through hell to get it to happen even though everyone who knows him knows it's the right thing to do. He's going to be in a K-1 Independent Study class and officially moved to 1st at the semester due to a weird law. We've told him he's going into 1st and since we homeschooled K last year it's not a big thing for him at all. Luckily his teacher is totally excited about him and is going to let him work as quickly as he wants to. We're really looking forward to it!
It's actually easier for DS being able to say his grade rather than his age. It gets fewer weird looks from unthinking adults.
I don't get why a K skip is such a hard thing to get... It makes more sense than a later grade skip if the child is already accelerated. At least this way the kids don't care and they are with the same kids for longer.
