DS would enter K this fall if we decide not to change that.
Our goals are to get him in the queue to be tested so that we have a better idea of where he is. Where we live, technically the school does not have to start that process until day one of K. We'd rather not wait that long.
Our second goal is to find out what our options are, including the possibility of skipping. Because of his age and his nursery school class, at most he'll see one of his old friends. There is no GT program at K-school, but starting at 1st there is. So there are a couple of good reasons to consider skipping him now.
Otherwise what will likely happen is after K he'll skip 1st (my guess) and then leave behind all of the new friends he made in K. If he goes to K, then I want to make sure that he is learning academically. He won't learn any new math (maybe a little about money, but that doesn't come until the end of the year) so we'd like to know what options are available. When I ask DS what he wants to learn at school, he tells me "how to do hard math." His idea of hard math is long division... Reading wise he'd likely be differentiated into the highest reading group, so that might work if he's given the right books.
We're lucky in the regards the socially he's at least on track if not a little ahead. There was a point when he was 3 that he was in a little bit of a shell (his nursery school teacher once said "... doesn't say too much, but when he does, it's very thoughtful"). He socializes very well with our neighbor's child who just turned 8 and about to complete 1st grade.
Since this is the first meeting our goals are simple: get the test schedule and open a dialog about our options. This may include starting a GIEP but we're not sure if they do for K-school since K is not mandatory in our state. So I'm also trying to get a good pulse on our school and the issues we'll face.
JB
