I ask the skipping part since we are in sort of that position right now. Our current school will promote our dd to 9th grade (just turned 13) for next year. We just have to let them know yes or no by the end of the year. We are trying very, very hard to move to a better district over the summer somehow and they may not want her skipped. If they do skip her, we could probably make a case for undoing it if we moved. If for some horrible reason we have to stay at this school, we'd have to keep the skip to keep her challenged. The academics difference between the two schools is very stark
She also doesn't want to skip because she's highly attached to her friends, which she would be leaving anyway.
I wish you luck with getting your DD into that new school! Our current school will not skip her either; the compromise was to let her go to 1st after her kinder class finishes for the day. So in a sense, she will be repeating 1st at her new school.
Aufilia, I called the new school and asked if they had the scales, and if not, I can buy it and then donate the copy to them. The secretary told me no, and asked if I was thinking of advocating for 2nd. I said yes, and she told me that she doubts that grade skipping will happen as the district is very much against skipping and she has not experienced it happening whilst she has been working here.
