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[quote=Anonymous]People are missing this from the OP:

[quote]Public K: 
-Is a [b]brand new program that is combining 3 school districts[/b] to offer full day K [b]at a satellite location[/b]. DD would be in the first class (possibly worried about kinks in the program). [/quote]

Normally I'd say start in the public school at K so that she can acclimate to how it works, make friends, and stay on track with her cohort. But this sounds like it will be chaotic and potentially not that useful for those things at all. It's not even at the elementary school where she will attend 1st grade, and combines kids from multiple districts so no guaranty that there would be continuity between K and 1st.

I would also guess that since the program is brand new and combining several districts, that many parents will choose to keep their kids in whatever they had planned for private K before this program was introduced. Meaning that 1st grade will be the first true year of OP's child's cohort, and she won't be entering as the odd kid out.

For these reasons, combined with the aftercare issues and the fact that OP likes the current school and the schedule and location are ideal for their situation, I'd stay where I was and just move to public at 1st. It would not be worth it to me to save around 8k I'd already budgeted for school to deal with those drawbacks.[/quote]

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