S/O Occupational therapy automatic disqualification from mainstream PreK?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m the mom on that post who spoke with admissions about a rec and found them to be very…normal about it. I think it really depends on how well your daughter is doing.

If the issues are resolved or close to resolvable without requiring a lot of extra one on one time with her at school, then I would think they’d be fine with it.

To be honest, they seemed over accommodating to me, FWIW. I didn’t take the spot because I was concerned that they would actually try to meet significant SNs at the expense of more NT developing kids.

OP here. Thanks for sharing. So your daughter also had special needs or did you ask for the rec letter to be waived?

I asked for the rec letter to be waived - wrt to the SNs, I had some insider insight through an alum who had kids there recently as well and my kid while NT just needs structure and rule following generally which isn’t easy for a teacher to accomplish with a more individualized approach to PK3 kids, which I think is the correct one. I wish my kid flourished in the independent play classes, she just doesn’t as we’ve found from personal experience.

OP so you chose a school with good structure in the end?

We went with a FT nanny and then paid for a 2.5 hour Montessori program in the mornings where she pretty much manipulates the teachers the whole time into giving her cookies and crackers. We figure it's good for her to socialize at least? It's not an ideal situation and we have no delusions that she's learning anything but I just think most preschools are going to be very play based because it is really better for 99% of kids.

Also, not ISAAGNY (in the DMV area).