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[quote=Anonymous]This is OP.  For the people who were following it with genuine interest, and not for the harpy contingent, here's the update.

For the person who advised that graduates of accredited private kindergarten programs are entitled to move up in FCPS public system, you are absolutely correct. That is the case.

I made an appointment to speak with the principal of our base elementary school.  A lovely woman who knows what she's doing.  We had a good long chat and she reassured me that a) there is a range of ability in entering kindergartners, from fluent readers to non-readers, and b) children are grouped based on their ability and those who can read better are given more challenging assignments and more challenging books to read.  They do their best to meet each kid where he or she is at. In addition, they evaluate children based on where each child was at the beginning of the school year (not an arbitrary average standard) and the aim is for each child to progress from his or her individual starting point.  Based on this, I am feeling much more comfortable that DS should go to public K next fall where he can mature while remaining appropriately challenged.

This year, he will enroll in a private immersion K and leave our beloved preschool. Our goals are to strengthen his command of our heritage language and prepare him for public school.  This program offers academics along with lots of enrichment (music, art, clay, science, lots of outdoors time) and we are comfortable that this is what he needs right now.  After that, he'll proceed to public K.

Thanks, everyone, who offered honest advice and guidance. We've made our decision. [/quote]

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