Umm. What are specials? Art class? They're obviously something good.
I hate when teachers force a child to redo something s/he's already done or figured out. And no amount of evidence to prove your case can convince some of them.
In this case, forcing your DD to miss something good (specials) and making her repeat third grade math before being allowed to take a more suitable class is like punishment for being intelligent.
Umm. Mathematics (especially in K-6) is supposed to build stepwise from one year to the next. So...forcing her to take 3rd grade math in parallel with 4th seems a bit silly in any event. If they don't believe she knows the material, why did they offer the grade 4 option at all?
Val
