The principal gave me examples of other students throughout the years who they skipped & may have been academicly ready, but not socially ready. He pointed out that SOME of the students didn't fit in with their classmates because they were older & also didn't fit in with their own age group because they were not in the classroom with them. Now, he pointed out that this is not always the case. That sometimes, kids made the transition easily & it worked out great for everyone. But, he didn't think it was necessary to take that chance since we would be able to pull my son out of class just for certain subjects & move him into a higher grade for that hour & then send him back to his class.
I was satisfied with this suggestion. He did leave it up to me & I chose not to skip. But, I reserve my right to change my mind in the future!!
My son doesn't do well with change. He likes to know what to expect, he likes order. At the young age of 6, I made the choice that it would be difficult for him emotionally to leave his classmates. He has grown close to them over the last year. I want to see how he does on this test & see how things go at school this year before I turn his world upside down by putting him in a new class.
(plus, I LOVE this 1st gr teacher! The 2nd gr teacher, I am not so crazy about. If I decide to skip him, it would be 2nd gr.)
