Our schools aren't able to and our elementary school in general supports my choice to homeschool and have been very helpful. My DD9 is in what I suspect might be her last year of dual enrollment, attending for speech, English, art, and music (she also has AS so she has an IEP and receives services). She homeschools her remaining subjects. My twins homeschool exclusively right now for the reasons you mentioned.
You might want to look into what is being done in your district. In our district kids are strictly kept with their age mates. "Differentiation is done in the classroom" is the motto, and children are restricted from attending the high school for classes until "chronologic age". My DD9 is in 5th, technically a skip but only because we started her early in Montessori and then transfered her in to public. You have some advantages we don't, you must have gifted laws in your state from what you mentioned. It's always nice to start with knowledge of what the schools current views and policies are (especially any that are in writing). I researched that well and spoke with other parents of GT kids that attend the same district to get a feel for their experiences and what they have been able to do. Sadly, in our district, it wasn't much.
Last edited by melmichigan; 10/14/09 07:55 AM.
