Should we hold back our 8th gr. Girl by homeschooling, then switching to new school?
Our daughter is currently in a private school and struggling, receiving C's. She is a very young 8th grader (if born a week later, she would have been in a lower grade). Every year she has struggled. Her homework is not turned in on time and she doesn't seem to know how to study. I feel that if she had the benefit of another year, she could catch up in maturity and social skills. She has very few friends.
Our thought is to homeschool her for one year, and then to place her in our good public school, where she knows no one, the following year. This should avoid any embarrassment factor.
I have 4 older children who are high achievers, 2 having gone to Ivy League schools, and I have a degree in Education. I know I could help her to catch up.
What do you think? Do any of you know of an Education specialist in NJ that I could talk to? Have any of you done this? How were the public schools about the holding back after a year at home (this would put her in 9th grade as an older child, but not the oldest)?