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Grade acceleration - success!!!!!!! #209074 01/16/15 10:38 AM
Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 582 G greenlotus OP Member
OP greenlotus Member G Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 582	It really happened!!!! DD9 will be moving into 5th grade next Wednesday!!!!! After a huge meeting with 11 people (!!!!!), it was approved!! The district AIG specialists later stated that even before they led the meeting, going over the Iowa Acceleration Scale, they had decided to move DD into 5th from 4th. And while earlier they had mentioned moving DD to a different school because her big sister is in 5th (Iowa scale frowns on moving kids into sibling's grade), they didn't even flinch when we asked that she stay in the same school, just a different class. Wow. Can't believe it. The AIG specialists stated that they had done 4 accelerations in the past few weeks!! Now we work on the emotional piece of all the changes for our family, and work to fill in gaps she might have. I'm in shock! Forgive any spelling errors - I'm doing this on my phone.

Re: Grade acceleration - success!!!!!!! greenlotus #209075 01/16/15 10:51 AM
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Loy58 Member L Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 816	Hooray!!! So glad it happened for her!

Re: Grade acceleration - success!!!!!!! greenlotus #209076 01/16/15 11:11 AM
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Tigerle Member T Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 602 Europe	Congratulations! I'm sure it'll be your new normal within weeks.

Re: Grade acceleration - success!!!!!!! greenlotus #209079 01/16/15 11:27 AM
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st pauli girl Member Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,917	That's great! Congrats on your advocacy. That is encouraging that they have done 4 accelerations. Sounds like someone paved the way and the school discovered that it works.

Re: Grade acceleration - success!!!!!!! greenlotus #209086 01/16/15 12:14 PM
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ConnectingDots Member C Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 848	Congratulations! I agree, that's great that they are now approving not just your DD's acceleration, but several others, thus making it less of an unusual event.

Re: Grade acceleration - success!!!!!!! greenlotus #209089 01/16/15 12:34 PM
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howdy Member H Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 279	How wonderful! And even better that they have done 4 accelerations, so your DD will not be alone in that category! Last edited by howdy; 01/16/15 05:40 PM.

Re: Grade acceleration - success!!!!!!! greenlotus #209097 01/16/15 02:18 PM
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TripleB Member T Joined: Oct 2014 Posts: 58	Congrats...my DS7 moves from 2nd to 3rd on January 28th...exciting times! Best of luck! TripleB

Re: Grade acceleration - success!!!!!!! greenlotus #209098 01/16/15 02:46 PM
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KADmom Member K Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 690	Wonderful! I'm so happy for you and your family.

Re: Grade acceleration - success!!!!!!! greenlotus #209108 01/16/15 05:08 PM
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ndw Member N Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 314	Congratulations to both greenlotus and TripleB. Both a success and a validation for all the hard work and angst. I wish you both a smooth transition.

Re: Grade acceleration - success!!!!!!! TripleB #209129 01/17/15 06:17 AM
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OP greenlotus Member G Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 582	Originally Posted by TripleB Congrats...my DS7 moves from 2nd to 3rd on January 28th...exciting times! Best of luck! TripleB Thanks to all of you, and TripleB, congrats to your family also!! Now my next scary situation - having 2 daughters enter middle school at the same time!!

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