We've been quite fortunate, too.
Don't discount your own open-mindedness, though-- part of our seeming good fortune there was to recognize good sources of insider information and make use of them.
For example, the daycare teachers that pointed out that DD probably wasn't going to be a "good fit" in a typical preschool...
the long-time kindy teacher that took a two minute look at my DD and informed me in a quickly whispered aside that while she'd deny saying it,
we should NOT put our then newly 5yo DD into any district kindy classroom because it would have NOTHING to offer her, and the environment might well prove damaging.Friends that pointed me at Davidson because of family in Reno and some familiarity with the mission...
and a push from extended family (educators) to conduct standardized achievement testing out of level even though we were homeschooling.
Welcome, by the way-- my DD also 'entered' her public (virtual charter) school as a third grader when she was six. I, too, second the suggestion to keep an eye on the pacing of things, because that was definitely a problem. We've since had to do additional tweaking and another skip, and it's still not ideal.
Funny how behavioral problems vanish when a PG child without other challenges is placed appropriately!
