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[quote=Anonymous]Because PK-4 is not yet compulsory education, you are essentially asking the system to pay for your kid to have an extra year of free education/care before compulsory ed kicks in (kinder). I'm not making a value statement here, so no flaming please.

I don't think an IEP will necessarily entitle you to the remedy you are looking for either. Rather, they would determine if accomodations need to be made to the kindergarten placement by adding supports as a first measure. Of course, you could ask and fight them on it...unless you have started your interactions with the Child Find team already, it will be months before you get an IEP that outlines what supports are necessary.

BTW- I also have a kid with an August b-day and we had serious concerns starting them in pk3 when we did, but the $ was super appealing (we got in to a free pk4 spot). In the long run, I wish I would have sucked it up and paid out of pocket for another year and started the kid in Kinder a year later. They would have really benefited from being the oldest (socially/developmentally) rather than the youngest.

Parenting is full of *@$% decisions like this one. In retrospect, I wish I would have done it differently. However, every kid is different. My second kid has a July b-day and has never had any issues. So, listen to your gut based on what your kid needs. [/quote]

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