Regarding my son already reading, 8 months before kindergarten would start:
"We start learning to read in January of the school year. I guess we could have him start earlier in the year."
Regarding skipping to first grade:
"You say your son is currently reading at about a first grade level. Now,if he was reading at the third or fourth grade level right now we would consider a skip to first. But not with the level he is at right now." (This was 6 months before he would have started kindergarten.)
From the superintendent when discussing a grade skip: "What size clothes does he wear?"
At least we overcame those and got the grade skip. But now:
From the current first grade teacher: "We'll be moving him ahead in the extra readers, but he needs to stay with the hard cover book in sequence." Me: "Why is that? He can manage the 4th or 5th level right now." Teacher: "Because it is the first grade curriculum." Duh.
When I asked about giving DS some challenge spelling words:
"He needs to be getting 100 on his spelling tests." Me: "But he has. He spells them all correctly. He knows them all on Monday." Teacher: "But he needs to remember the rules. No capitals unless it is a proper noun. And I don't allow reversals."
