I know it's not my thread to be airing my own concerns. but. I talked to a district gifted director about early entry (didn't get it this year). When I explained that my kid will very likely be able to read a book and write a book report or read an article and write a report on it by the time he's in the first grade the district gifted director said the public schools will probably never serve our needs at that pace. However Wren lives in NYC and she said her daughters first grade writes reports.
My concern is that I'd rather have my kids go to school to learn, like a normal kid. Right now he's looking at twelve years of teachers helper. I was told they offer credit by examination up to one grade per year. Even that is going to put him with different classmates each year (not too concerned, most young kids make playmates quickly unless I see otherwise); he will still not find a group of kids to keep pace with during elementary school. At the rate of one grade skip per year he will not be at his educational level that quickly.
We're not moving to NYC, but I am disappointed to hear that I'd likely be disappointed with that Dallas school. We were vaguely considering the Dallas or the Los Angeles school, given that some circumstances lined up.
