I remember how petrified I was when we made a last-minute decision to put him in 1st grade @ 4yo, skipping K in the process. It gave me the same feeling as looking over the railing of a balcony from 30 stories up. (Reading A Nation Deceived helped immensely with the decision-making.)
I was a nervous wreck all day until I picked him up after school & learned that he was just fine.
After that experience, I've not been too keen on the idea of another skip.
A couple months back, his principal was reasonably certain they'd have a 4/5 split again this year... which would have been ideal. He would have been doing much of the 5th grade (math, language, reading) but in with his friends for everything else.
So while the notion of skipping him to 5th still gives me the willies, I suppose it sounds more reasonable to me than homeschooling.
The whole conversation may change after he is formally tested next week... we'll see. (But not soon enough!)
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