I've actually talked to a student who has attended the program and parents trying to get into the program. I'm going to ramp up investigating it if we decide it might work.
I think they do have a wait list, but it is a VERY desirable program and if we don't get in I'd have to push the district transfer through double speed (and probably strong arm some people) to get him back into the program we know he is thriving in before the start of the school year. There is no program in our district that can give him what he has with his current teacher.
I have no idea what the program would do with a situation like I described, but technically as long as all the rules are followed they can't hold it against him any more than they can hold it against a kid who was held back due to educational delay issues. The grade skip forward will be more of an issue in this district than him being "held back" for whatever reason. There is a reason we have a district transfer.
