Okay- I was trying to reply on a mobile device before and wasn't explaining adequately.
Thanks for the varied input.
I see where you think I'm trying to win here. It's really not like that. She's never gotten "first prize" in her life.
Unfortunately, opportunities for bright kids are very thin around here, and I don't want to do something stupid so she doesn't have a chance to even compete later.
There are some concrete examples of where it matters. If I have her take the Explore test, that is by grade. I know of grade-skipped kids who were ineligible for opportunities that would have been available to them if they had taken the test as their age-grade and not their grade-skipped grade. To a lonely kid in rural area, that opportunity could be a life-line.
After she was grade skipped, we discovered among local homeschoolers, at least, there is a lot of "better late than early" people. So the one area where she can compete (4H), she's competing against much older kids who claim to be the same grade. (No math club, science fair, etc available around here.)
When an acquaintance lost some scholarship money, we decided the on paper grade skip was not helpful, when as homeschoolers, were able to challenge her at the appropriate level. It's easier to graduate early than undo a misguided grade skip.
Anyhow, homeschooling, for us, is the gift of time.
She would maybe need to enroll as a part-time student. I know at the High School level she would, but I'm unclear about the rules at the Junior High level. If she enters school, she has a transcript.
I am collecting information at this point.
So, that is why I asked for your experience. Would anyone like to share their experience with a similar situation?
Thanks!
Last edited by Bean; 03/23/15 06:19 PM.
