Grinity, you've got me thinking.....
I AM convinced DS would thrive if he did a grade skip with an additional acceleration in math, in the right school. Where he is isn't it, and it's April. I don't see that even our lovely local elementary school is going to get on board with taking him back as a 4th grader at this late hour (though if I pursued this back in November they might very well have jumped on board).
I also think DS lack of effort in writing is strategic, and that if he were in a setting where expectations were significantly higher he would meet them.
I really appreciate your insight.
OK, so the local school maybe wouldn't take him back as a 4th grader tomorrow. But in the name of your spiritual development, please say a prayer that you want what's best for all and call the principle and ask if you can stop by and visit her/him, and ask if they will take him as a 4th grader tomorrow.
It's no skin off their back, they may say yes!
I agree that what you have described does sound like a strategic holding back in the writing department.
I love the idea of homeschooling, and I think you'd be a great homeschooling mom, but I'm just not getting the vibe that all the alternatives have been explored to their 'dueness.' So call your sweet neighborhood school - today!
Love and More Love,
Grinity
