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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't see how EEK would make a school more overcrowded. You are either going now or a year from now.[/quote]

It's a year to year thing.  If your school is close to reaching the maximum number of kids allowed per classroom, and letting in a couple of EEK kids would make the school open a new classroom, then it is to MCPS 's advantage to no allow the EEK kid in because of the costs of running an additional classroom, including an additional teacher.

Also, once your highly overqualified almost 6 y.o. gets to K, MCPS can evaluate that child by observation and recommend him to be moved to 1st grade, thereby eliminating one year that child will be in the MCPS system.

Our Sept child didn't get into EEK.  She is at least as qualified as her older sister was when she entered K several years ago.  Our school is close to max on the number of K kids, and about 4-5 more would mean another classroom.  So, if my kid were allowed in, the K teachers would have an unmanageable number of students or MCPS would have to open another classroom with all the additional costs thereof.  Why would they want a student they don't have to take?

I think I may request a meeting with the principal to find out about the scores. I am curious. In the meantime, I have found a private K for her.[/quote]

Agree with the other PP that I would definitely request a meeting.

The whole EEK process is ridiculous.  We're at a FOCUS school where kids come into K barely speaking English (no judgment, just an observation), and my neighbor's DD did not get in to EEK last year.  Additionally, they test these kids in April, but they don't start school until 5 months later.  At that age, so much can change in 5 months![/quote]

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