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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, here's the thing--the kids they want to put her with are going to be her peer group throughout school it sounds like--she has a Fall birthday, right?  She will always be in the older side, so may as well put her with those kids now.  That said, the school doesn't sound too great and no preschool is worth that type of commute in my mind, though I am not religious so I can't speak to that aspect of it.  If it were me, I'd probably change, but not because they want to hold her back to be in the class she should have been in had they not let her start early.  Eventually, she would need to repeat a class, right?  Sounds like she has another three years before Kindergarten, right?[/quote]

Right, she has a fall birthday.  And I can see how repeating Pre-K would be worse if they will be aging up with the same kids, but she won't be - what we would plan to do is have her do Pre-K at this school then repeat it nearer to our home where the kids she'll meet will be in her public school.  I am not so on board with the idea of "class of X" in preschool though, I tend to prefer the preschools that e.g., are either so big that each kid is in a class with only kids within 6 months of their specific age, or have widely mixed-age classrooms where there are both younger and older kids together.[/quote]

If you want to move because of the commute that is a valid reason (that is a really long commute for pre school!), even if you want to stay on the board of your religious place.  We go to a religious based preschool where some members of the congregation have chosen other preschools for various reasons, and some preschool attendees are members of other congregations.

However, most preschools outside of Montessories or maybe daycares, place the children based on their age/grade.  For example, at our preschool, the 2s program is for children who turn 2 by September 1.  So if your bday is in October, you have to do the transition program, not the 2s.  It was nice they let your daughter in last year, but I do not think iti s wrong to put them in the age appropriate class now.  At our school they wouldn't have even allowed your daughter into the 2s.  They keep everyone at grade level.  And if your daughter's frustrations are more than the other children's or if she is having trouble working things out with peers, as much as YOU want her to work through those, it could be putting strain on the teacher who are there to teach the kids at grade level.  It could also be frustrating for the parents of the other children in the class who feel extra resources are given to your child, who as you admitted, is young to be in the class.

You sound very particular about the kind of class you one your child in, and if you can't get past that you should move.  You should not expect the school to change their policies because of your preferences.  [/quote]

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