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I agree (depending on the school of course). However, some writing curriculums take time so spend more time with that. Having a "voice" is expected by the end of third grade in most areas. That takes time to develop and is the most difficult part of writing.

Our school has a very stuctured approach for writing and tends to lean more toward "partial" grade skips because of the writing curric. In our state every 4th grader has to take a prompt directed writing test, which can be difficult for younger kids.

All of your thoughts are what I was thinking. I did spend some time in DD's gr 1 class, and have talked with her teacher extensively about a lot of things and it is clear that DD is not missing anything that she hasn't figured out already.
After results of her WISC IV last week, it became obvious to everyone involved with her that another grade skip is probably in her future, at least if we stay in this district much longer. (See my post in testing101) The 2nd grade teacher was panicing that she wouldn't have anything to teach her and the 3rd grade teacher was wondering what she was going to do with a 61/2 yr old in her class! (And we hadn't even mentioned another skip to them.)
I have been amazed at how slowly the other gr 1s are progressing in reading. I don't know if it is because DD learned so quickly or what, but they seem to be going at a snail's pace. This is also true with the amount of repetition in math.
I guess I will have to learn to not worry about the "little stuff" so much with her, since she seems to be absorbing things through osmosis of just being in a school building.