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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's very hard to advise you not knowing your location. Those posters saying to go back to daycare probably live in a high quality IB area and aren't realizing that many of us do not. I would join those who suggest you think more carefully about your plan for K and above, which is a lot of years. Do you like the school overall, other than this class? Would you be fine with leaving and lotterying again for something else, knowing you may end up at your IB school? Have you spoken to the principal, not just the teachers, about your predicament? There is also a poster comparing their experience at their DCPS to yours; each school is SO different.
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OP. Yes, I recognize we are not in the same boat as those with a great IB K option. We do not feel great about our IB option. At the same time, this discussion has revealed how much this school is probably not the best fit for our kid (we really really love the community and maybe that has blinded me too much to the bad fit) so maybe it is just best for us to move on and try to find a new school for K.[/quote]

If you're pretty sure, then yes do it. You may well get something else for K that works better. K seems to be a decent year for lottery.

I would say one more thing,[b] which is that kids with IEPs should have push-in services if needed. [/b]Did you never get that opportunity? No, I don't know much about it but my daughter's classmate had an aide because of this who spent a lot of the day with her, and her needs were not very severe. For the future you may want to learn more about this option. It's SO hard with a PK3 kid because you're also learning the ropes of what school is and is not and how to advocate for your child.[/quote]

I second this. I was surprised when my DS got something like 10 hrs of push-in special ed for his incoming K IEP, but it turned out to be one of the factors that helped him transition successfully. It just puts another person in the classroom who can help the kid get into the grove and understand how school works.

As for the 1:1 aide, DCPS is pretty chary about those - I think you'd need to make a big stink to get one. I know that some charters are more generous.  It can make the difference between the kid going to an autism classroom and being able to stay in general ed. But it doesn't sound like OP's child has that level of needs.  [/quote]

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