Glad to see all your responses. Thankfully DS is a big kid and also has a summer birthday so the age thing shouldn't come up as much. I feel good about the K skip, just hopeful that he can get a good teacher and it will be a good fit. And a little anxious as to whether they are truly going to subject accelerate him or not. I hope they aren't thinking skipping k will be enough for him as he still will not definitely not be able to learn anything in Math and reading at a first grade curriculum. Our school said they would wait a couple weeks after he starts school to start that discussion as to how to subject accelerate. They said since he has never been in a formal school setting it will take him a couple weeks to get that down (right now he is in Montessori 3-1/2 days a week).
M2gts - that's an interesting way of doing things, to assess before moving on and then skip to first. At least it's an option and you can always tell people that the school decided that was what was best, which makes it quite easy.
Crisc- I feel for you. I worry about the behavior issues as well with my DS because while he is a wonderful well behaved child most of the time, he tends to act out and be goofy when he is not challenged and is bored. It has gotten him into trouble in school and this next year he will be in full day with a large classroom and possibly not challenged, even though he will be skipping K. Oh well, I am not going to worry about that part yet because you just never know.
Nautigal - we thought about "early entrance" too, but I don't think they do that around here either.
