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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would use free prek3 and prek4 and then repeat prek4 if needed at a private school. [/quote]

And then stay in private?  Because if you send your first grade age kid to the school they won't put them in Kindergarten.

The most absurd version of this I've seen is a family that moved from another state with a kid with a late September birthday.  In their previous state the cut off was. Sept. 1, so he hadn't been to Kindergarten.  He also hadn't had much of any preschool, because he had severe ADHD and was kicked out of every school he tried.

DCPS forced him into first grade, and then refused to evaluate for an IEP, based on the fact that they claimed his mother had "neglected" him by not sending him to Kindergarten the year before.  [/quote]

This is abuse. By DCPS.[/quote]

It was not DCPS as a whole but the school. My school would never do this. As long as the child would not be turning 7 in the school year they’d be put in K. [/quote]

you do realize that "not at my school" is an anecdote and means nothing in the grand scheme?
DCPS was doing this around the entire city[/quote]

I am sure you know what goes on for 100+ schools 😂 [/quote]

I sure do - my sample size is quite large and is representative of all 8 wards. Equating 1 experience to all =/= taking a substantial sample size and making reasonable conclusions[/quote]

I have worked in 7 wards and I have hundreds of teacher friends and colleagues.

I absolutely know better than you about what goes behind the scenes in DCPS. But we do not have to agree. My final words to you are some kids don’t need an IEP they are just behind or have experienced trauma. Not all kids are entitled to an IEP, legally we do have to evaluate. DCPS does love to be sued but it’s generally not for refusing to evaluate. [/quote]

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