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OP - Our oldest daughter has twin girls in a kindergarten public school program, and the simple fact is that public school is all about work nowadays and so for a young child with multiple health care needs once the child ages out of the public preschool program, if in a regular class setting of any kind the focus in going to be in an environment where academics is now the main thrust.  I have seen St. Coletta's environment and for a young child who needs a lot of therapies and will benefit greatly from having the opportunity to have them as needed in a wonderful environment and for one whose cognitive abilities are most likely behind her chronological age, their developmental program would be quite appropriate.  Clearly a means of communication is going to be key to learning on any level and to demonstrating one's cognitive skills.  I just think you need to go and see if you can observe the class setting that your daughter would most likely be in and see if there is a pre-k and K idea.  There is also no rush to get through kindergarten at age 5 so if you went to St. C. for a year and felt it was the inappropriate setting either for therapies, classroom peers or curriculum, you could easily apply to any of the other DC school ptions noted as a kindergarten student with the reasoning being that she needed a second year to continue to gain basic pre-literacy skills.  You will also have the opportunity to meet other families with children with similar needs and perhaps get info useful to making a permanent housing choice.

Your housing choices will be a more difficult thing to manage, but having proximity to your daughter's health care providers will be important so I wonder if you have given any though to simply renting a one-floor condo in the DC area for a year to get your bearings on school placement, housing stock and best neighborhood.  If you have more than one child, it is a more complicated decision of course as you need to consider the needs of all the children.

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