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[quote=Anonymous]Our child is doing very well (happy, learning, engaged) at his Montessori pre-school.  He will turn 5 this year, so he will enter kindergarten in the fall.  Our public K option is poor, so we are facing the following choices:

1) Apply to private schools this year for entrance to K in the fall.
2) Stay at Montessori for K and either apply to private for 1st grade or move to a neighborhood with a better public next year.

We would love to keep him in his current school for K, but we also understand that K is a big entry year for most of the privates we are considering.  We assume that we face tougher admissions odds if we wait until 1st to apply.  We are also receiving a bit of push-back from his school encouraging him to complete the "3-year" Montessori cycle.

It would be a no-brainer to keep him where he is for K if we were sending him to a good public in 1st or had good odds of admission to private in 1st, but right now I feel that we have neither of these options.

I would appreciate input  from any other parents who would be willing to share their experiences in transitioning a child out of Montessori to either private or public at Pre-K, K or 1st.

Thanks.

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