Sad thing is her child probably would benefit from skipping kindergarten all together and being placed in 1st grade right now.

I have a friend whose daughter is in the same boat. She is a September baby, too, but misses the cutoff by a few days. The district she lives in will not even consider allowing her DD early enrollment and her DD is definitely ready for Kindergarten next year. All they offer is an evaluation when she's enrolled in kindergarten with a possible jump to 1st grade.