Re: the large, bolded, purple part:
I wish I could convince everyone of this. :tongue_smilie: Even in PS, the kids who work above grade level are rarely bumped up. Instead, they're just classified as "gifted" and their curricula is enhanced in the areas of their giftedness, usually with an enrichment program of some kind.
I know so many people who get hung up on, "s/he's doing 5th grade math, so even if he's 7, he needs to be classified as a 5th grader." Sheesh! At times there's been confusion in the homeschool circle around here because the planners of an activity would advertise it as "for high schoolers", and invariably this one 10 year old would show up. The mom would say, "Well, he's doing 9th grade work, so I thought it would be okay." And the teenagers would wind up "babysitting" her kid, or, at the very least, being annoyed by him. His mom was one of those who would go ballistic if someone questioned her on something, so in order to keep the peace, everybody pretty much just let it ride.