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OP - I would go with your gut and do some research on area private kindergarten programs.  I would even say a well run day care with a K curriculum would be better then forcing your child into a kindergarten class, especially in DC where depending upon where you live there could be so many kids who have not been tested with varying needs.
Even if you had to find a day care program, you would have the option of half days and working up to full days to get him used to the programming.  We have seen two grandchildren in a chain daycare setting with a great curriculum do extremely well.  The oldest is heading to K in North Arlington and they are going to be so surprised that she has not been in private programs as she is reading writing and has good command of math facts.  We have been very impressed with the curriculum from the beginning.  Of course, the actual teacher matters.

Now as the Mom of a young adult daughter who held her back  in preschool one year, I can say it was the right decision for her as she went to two different preschool programs, received therapies in local elementary school in the afternoon and we did private speech year-round.  She never needed an aide and was able to handle programming by middle school moving among a couple of buildings.  We did this to get the full benefit out of a mostly self-contained program with some mainstreaming.  If I thought she could have handled full inclusion as is done now, I DEFINITELY would have kept her out because I can tell you from other grandchildren that instruction is "paced"  and there is little chance for flexibility.  Instruction is also "push down" in that what parents had in first grade is now taught in kindergarten.

Do your research, and I would just say that the money would be well spent to provide your DS with the best solid start to an academic program as possible.[/quote]

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