OP, I'd look at private schools and their financial aid. We also moved from VA to MCPS and were rather disappointed. DS, also ASD, also a former PAC-er, is now at Maddux and thriving.

If you're coming from PAC (I think that's your old school system's equivalent of PEP right?) you may have an easier time getting a good IEP out of your school.

I know parents who have come in with the same diagnosis but were not at an autism preschool program who had trouble.

The self-contained autism programs in MCPS have a pretty good reputation. Are you looking to mainstream with supports or get in to one of the autism programs or learning centers?

Middle currently in pac , looking at Robert McNair home

Where on the spectrum?

Moving to Germantown from alexandria, how is the ASD support