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[quote=Anonymous]Here's my take on it, speaking from experience. We were in exactly the same boat a year ago with our son. We have him in our public elementary, a highly rated school in MoCo. We did exactly as you are planning to to do ... I called the principal last spring and told her about the diagnosis, explained that he needed structure, an experienced teacher, etc. He was placed with the best K teacher. She is absolutely phenomenal and has worked tirelessly with us this year to keep him on track. We have tried all sorts of accommodations, with little or no success. I honestly don't think the class size (about 23) makes much of a difference in his case. And I volunteer once a month in his class, and I'll tell you, his teacher is as organized as they come and certainly keeps things highly structured. She has very clear boundaries, and nothing really gets by her. Even though he was on target academically at mid-year, we decided to try medication a couple months ago because his impulsivity was just really gettng in the way of him being able to attend and focus, and we felt the social implications were really becoming an issue. The improvement has been dramatic. His teacher is in awe of the transformation, and she's been teaching for 20+ years! I can tell you, I don't think things would have played out any differently if he was at a private school with a smaller class, and in fact, I'm not sure all schools would have worked so collaboratively with us and been so patient. He still would have been touching other kids, not respecting personal space, looking at what oher kids were doing, looking at the birds flying past the windows or the tree branches blowing in the wind whether there were 10 kids or 23. I think it's worth seeing if you can make public work for you. What do you hear about the K teachers? What's the word on the principal? Do you actually know that the classes are going to be 27 students? I believe 27 is the absolute maximum for K and 1st in MoCo, so that's pretty extreme. I have friends with kindergarteners at other public schools that have under 20 kids per class.[/quote]

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