Repeating 8Th Grade?
My daughter is currently attending a New York City public middle school and receives special education and a full time paraprofessional. Her para wants her to repeat 8th grade. She said she had another child who repeated 8th grade for maturity purposes (that child did fine academically) and thinks my daughter will benefit from this. She wants my daughter to stay an extra year. However, my daughter objects to this and does not want to stay an extra year. My daughter is doing fine academically. I did talk to her teacher as well and the...