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[quote=Anonymous]For the poster from 2/21 at 10:30 who appealed an initial EEK rejection, would you be willing to talk a bit about how you appealed?  My daughter misses the cut-off by 1 day (15 hours to be exact), and I am dreading the "assessment" experience.  I've been told the testing requires children to basically demonstrate they already have all the skills other children will have by the END of kindergarten, which seems like a ridiculously high standard.  I'm confident my daughter is ready for kindergarten, but I don't think she should be expected to be ready for first grade skills at the time of the assessment when she'll be 4.5!  I am also frustrated at the lack of attention the school systems seems to be paying to examining the specific child's needs.  My daughter is 15 hours too young and clearly would not benefit from spending another year in preschool, but there is no apparent consideration for that.  There is a rigid test with rigid expectations and that's the end of it.  I feel like I need to prepare to do battle (e.g. appeal a potentially negative decision) to ensure the best outcome for MY child. [/quote]

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