Image you have a six-year-old who is reading at a 5th grade level, has math ability around 3rd/4th with some 5th and science in at least 2nd, but writing at grade level...
Would you think a private school that only has a 1st/2nd blended class to offer next year (no third grade) would be able to accommodate your child?
Even with a special tutor? Assuming that school would call one in. If they state in their literature that any child who scores above the 95th percentile will require a special contract, would you give it a try? At $400 a month? What if things "go side-way" and your child either has to tread water or else find a last-minute transfer?
Looking at the public school...
They have a Great Schools rating of three for the last three years. Would you send them there?
Probably not.
If there's a local charter that has mixed grades in one room and does MAP testing to determine where a child needs instruction...you'd try to enroll them there, right?
Probably.
But that charter is available by lottery only. No guarantees. So what's the back-up plan?
Would you decide to homeschool or would you place your child's name into the pool for out-of-district enrollment in two other five-star (Great Schools rating) schools; each of which require at least a half hour to drive to each way?
Am I missing an option?
