Your school district has actually offered to skip your child FURTHER than you want? Where do you live???
In all seriousness, if you think he can handle 5th, why not talk to him and see if he wants to try it? He's going to have to make a load of new friends either way. He's going to be the smallest kid in the class either way. It sounds like he's going to be lacking intellectual peers either way, but at least the 5th graders might be a little more interesting. I'd base the decision on his wishes, your opinion of the level of challenge he needs, and your impressions of the teachers in question.
By the way, if he really is a candidate for a two-grade skip, he doesn't "fit in" NOW. And more importantly, do you want him to?
Last edited by zhian; 12/12/09 07:34 PM.
