Wm's gifted Math teacher called me today. Wm should have him again next year, in 5th grade. But he said that Wm has kind of "maxed out" what he can do in elementary school and suggested Wm bus to the middle school for Math next year! The kids work at their own pace and Wm is already almost 40% of the way done with 6th grade - and has already completed 5th grade Math. So his teacher thinks he would be REALLY bored. He warned us that there is a lot to consider - and a lot of paperwork. And we'd all have to have some big sit-down about it before the end of the school year. But, basically, Wm would have to wait at the bus stop with all the middle school kids and go to middle school for first period Math. Then, he would be bussed back to his regular school for the rest of the day. While the rest of the class was doing Math, Wm would have a study hall - where he could do homework or whatever.
I thought this was all pretty exciting. But Wm came home from school and was like, "I WILL NEVER DO THIS! I WILL FAIL ON PUPOSE!" Soooo..it's not looking good. It's looking more like a boring 5th grade year for Wm. He has started safety patrol training and he LOOOOOVES it. Like, intensely loves it. And he wouldn't be able to do it anymore because he'd be bussing to middle school. He's also nervous about being in a class with "big kids" - especially since he is a tiny kid! We talked to him a little bit and he thawed slightly (mostly when we pointed out that the "big kids" are currently in 5th grade and he knows them), but it's a hard sell. We absolutely won't force him, so we just kind of agreed to let it lie. His teacher is going to talk to him about it, so we'll see what he thinks after that.
But, no matter what, Wm is a smarty pants! He gets ALL that Math crap from his father!
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