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[quote=Anonymous]I am guessing, from reading other threads, that you will get a mixed bag of "tell" and "hide" answers.

We too thought that DS was totally ready for a "regular" kindergarten experience and had hoped to avoid the large classes in our local K.

Our experience was the following:

We were honest with each of the schools we applied to.     DS got accepted to one school (not a Big 3, but a competitive traditional school mentioned on the private school threads) and rejected from 2 others.   We offered that the admissions staff could send someone to his pre-school for an observation, but they declined.

Long story short, the first week+ of K was apparently terrible.  Really terrible.   (We were caught off guard and didn't have any sense from DS that this was the case).    We left the school shortly there after.    While very hurtful at the time, looking back it was the right decision on their part and we all made the best of it and moved on.

The large public class size, as we had thought, was not a good fit either.    We pursued an IEP...that's another story...and now things are much improved.

The right fit is important.   Also, I would be concerned, based on our experience, that if DC were to leave for reasons that were not disclosed, you could be on the hook for a large tuition payment/not a full refund.    We were refunded everything, including the deposit.

Ours is just one experience.

Wish you well in the process OP.[/quote]

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