chay - thanks for the input. I have tried my hardest to dig through the district site, but this district is very reluctant to put ANYTHING in writing - so I have seen some mention of policies, but they are always pretty vague and accompanied by the contact info to speak to someone else. I think if I am looking at a grade skip I am going to have a heck of a battle on my hands -- she is in half day Kindergarten at the moment so in a dream world I'd like to see them let her try 1st grade in the AM and send her back to K in the afternoons like usual. Hopefully that would let everyone get used to the idea before a big skip. (Plus this is the only year something like that would work!) It would let her keep the comfort of her K class while branching out into some harder 1st grade stuff and give her a chance to meet the kids and get comfortable with the age difference before moving up to 2nd with them. 2nd grade is where the gifted pull out traditionally starts anyway -- so she would have some second grade peers next year whereas in 1st grade she would be the only student.
