well, it's a concern. If we end up in Reno I read the schools near the DA are good and have some gifted programs. It may be less than she is used to. I think with enrichment and the right school she would be ok socially. Maybe a grade skip since she is already working 1+ years ahead of grade level?
One thing that I notice about a single grade skip and the Iowa Acceleration Scale Manual, that if you play with the numbers, a cooperative, mature, Moderately Gifted - oh, let's call that optimally gifted, ok? - is the perfect candidate for a full grade skip. Especially in this case with working +1 grade academically from her previous school. I find it very ironic that in some schools the only kids who are offered a single gradeskip, are PG - ones for whom a single skip is almost garenteed not to be enough in an of itself!
When Maricia Gross gathered her data, she grouped the PG kids who were single gradeskipped with the kids who got no accomidation at all, and she calls them 'token gradeskips!' That sure made me think.
love and more love,
Grinity
