Hi my internet family:
I come home fom the meeting and the first thing to do is to log onto this site :-)
It was just VP, P injured her back and is on some strong muscle relaxants. He totally agreed with us that she has to be on board for the skip, otherwise it is pointless. So we are basically saying "No, thanx for the offer". She can still change her mind as the skip would not happen until mid. January or so, but I don't think she will.
As we entered the school today, she said "remember, if they make me skip, I am going back to X (private school she used to attend)"
I'm still concerned by her teacher's comments at the beginning of the year, about her wasting time though
This has been adressed Dottie. She is currently taking highest level 6th grade LA (school does group according to ability) and highest level 6th grade math. In math they are practically done with 6th grade curriculum and are moving into pre-alg.
I would maybe take her out for some one-on-one shopping, dinner or ice cream (yum!) and probe her further before making any decisions.
We did that over the weekend, both with me (christmas concert) and with dad (skiing). All she talked about was how she did not want to be skipped.
As for the middle school, it is in the same biulding that she is curretly in and yes, they try to do informal "ability grouping". The big word here is TRY. But things to change significantly from year to year at this school. From what I sensed at today's meeting, they are going to hire more part time math teachers (I have a hunch that the current math teacher is not leaving).
If she does not skip, she will be still doing middle school math next year, most likely Algebra. What I see dark as far as aceleration is LA. She is , like I have said, doing highest level 6th grade work and still excells. Going to 7th grade LA next year is not such a great idea (see my other posts). I think that she will be better off staying in 6th and doing some individual studying.
