DD has a late Sept birthday. The public schools are 12/31 for cut-off but the privates are 9/1 so privates are not an option until 2nd grade, where they accept them.
The thing that puzzled me is that the new private gifted school Speyer, is doing a strict 9/1 cut-off. DD would have had to redo K if she went there.
Update on the schools front. DD did not get a spot at the citywide gifted school (there were only 2 spots) but she must have had a pretty low lottery number as she got the best district G&T school. Very few spots available. Although spots may open up at the citywide over the summer, the next kid in the lottery gets it. I am fighting hard.
But I think with the CTY DD will be fine. Great peer group. And the school will work with us. Since DD is one of the younger due to birthdate, I am not pushing a grade acceleration so much as pullout for the math which CTY can easily do.
Ren
