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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why you would have to do EE1 when your kindergartner will have completed kindergarten already in DCPS? Why wouldn't he just automatically go into first grade?[/quote]

I spoke with the principal and was told that if he has complete TWO years - so, K and 1st - in another district he can automatically move on to the next grade. But for 1st grade, he's subject to evaluation and whole process, which seems pretty cruel to the child. Not sure why they can't evaluate him ahead of time. [/quote]

I would cite the policy and if the principal doesn't budge, work with central office directly. The principal is confusing the process. This is not the case for public-school students.[/quote]

Agree, it´s the difference between meeting another district´s cut-off and following a state approved curriculum vs using private K, which may not be accredited, as a workaround.[/quote]

Our private's curriculum was much stronger than MCPS.  All the kids were reading, writing and doing far more math.[/quote]

Did your private accept kids who were younger than the state cut off?  In my experience, the schools that allow this do this because they are hurting for students, often because their academics are poor. 
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Nice shiv![/quote]

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