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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son has a mid-Sept birthday and was in the same situation. He is now in 6th grade. He went to preschool in a county with a 9/30 cut-off for K and we live in a county with a 9/1 cut-off. We sent him to a more academic pre-K program at a Catholic grade school for the year between preschool and kindergarten - he got the benefit of another year of social growth (which was needed) in a slightly more academic environment that felt a bit more like kindergarten. The next year we moved him to kindergarten at our parish school, where he remains. Our parish school gave us the options of doing two years of kindergarten there, but I felt that he would feel like he was being "held back," so we opted for the different environment for the pre-K year. No regrets with our decision. I think he was academically ready for K right after he finished preschool but definitely benefitted from the year of social growth. [/quote]

Thanks so much for this perspective (and to others who shared their experience.) was it hard having him in three different schools in three years? I also think my son could benefit from a more academic curriculum next year, but he loves his current school and I’m worried about changing his school two years in a row. The school were interested in for kindergarten is k-12 so no pre-k option there. [/quote]

Are you not in the DMV?  Rearranging your life for the chance to be denied from your one k-12 option seems much harder than applying to summer schools with prek option now and then trying for your hoped for school later[/quote]

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