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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my oldest (now 4th grade) started K, despite having some misgivings about doing so, we chose to opt out of our neighborhood school, which is a Title I school. (and was under NCLB sanction at that time, hence our right to opt out). We were concerned that he would fall through the cracks, since he already had most of the K academic skills going in (social skills, that is a whole other story).  Anyway, the school he ended up placed at had very good test scores. (and sadly in many ways , is the non-diversity extreme of our neighborhood school) I will say, after some years there, I found that they taught to the middle.  Differentiation there was IMO, minimal.  Then again, the classes have been huge too (29-30), so I do not entirely blame that on the teachers.  Ds is still there in an AAP (advanced) class.  Ds1 likes school, I would not say he loves it.  He is a great student, grade wise, but I think feels a bit like he does not fit in since it is not his neighborhood school.

My younger ds started K this year.  We mulled over the decision, and in the end, decided that we would not fight to send him to older ds's school.  Our neighborhood school was no longer under sanction anyway, so we would have had to try to pupil place younger ds.  Ds2 had some substantial social delays, but was academically in great shape.  Our experience, thus far, at our neighborhood school has been great.  Especially in younger grades, the small class size really appealed to us.  There are countless resource teachers moving in and out of the classes (reading, math, advanced, etc.).  A few months in, he was identified to get advanced pull outs.  The teachers really seem invested in the school, and our principal, from what I have seen thus far is great.

[b]I do have some concerns about social limitations, especially as they get older[/b].  There are handful of kids from our neighborhood, and one other SFH neighborhood, but my attempts to reach out to other families, have mostly gone unanswered.  Ds 2 does have one really close buddy though, and they get together a lot.[/quote]

Thanks, PP.  This is very helpful.  To your last paragraph, what do you mean by social limitations?  Do you feel that socio-economics or language barriers limit your DCs social circle?[/quote]

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