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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We were thrilled to get a PreK3 spot for our son in a HRCS last year. He moved from a federal daycare that was good, not great, but was loving and familiar. We were, of course, excited not to pay for private daycare and didn't hesitate to move him.

Our son did fine at his school this year but there were lots of challenges. Our son has some sensory and speech issues and the school didn't handle it well- took months to be evaluated and the services are subpar. Plus, his class had 20-something kids which I know is the norm but the one assistant teacher spent most of her time corralling some of the more energetic kids (like mine) instead of doing the more focused one-on-one work he needs.  The end result is that we aren't sure our son has gained much from going there and he definitely picked up some problematic behaviors (if anyone is off-task, he will happily join them, bad words, hitting incidents). Please know I am a former teacher and work in education- this is not an issue of me saying my kid is super special and deserved more attention than is possible in most public schools. We knew what we were getting into and just don't think it worked out well for our kid.

Our son went back to his daycare any time his school was closed and we noticed he did very well on his days there. During his last visit, he was more focused and excited about learning than I have ever seen (they send lots of pictures and videos) and had no behavioral problems. His class had only 8 kids. It made us seriously consider pulling him out of his school and going back to the daycare. It would be a huge financial stretch for us and we would seemingly just be kicking the can down the road as he would have to go back to public school for K. But we think maybe he just wasn't ready for a big class/school/lot of different kid personalities/need for more self-regulation and might be more ready at K.

Has anyone experienced something similar? What did you decide to do? My son loves his current teacher and his friends. The school community is lovely; we attend playdates and parties almost every weekend. We would miss them and I am 100% sure he wouldn't have that same community at the daycare as most people are commuting in from VA or MD. [/quote]

Given all you've said, you may want to continue on this path and choose private school. It sounds like your son is thriving in a smaller environment where he is "known"[/quote]

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