So we decided to pursue early kindergarten for ds3.11 about a month ago. I gave our completed early entrance packet(complete with the necessary preschool teacher referral for birthdays after January 1st) to the school on Thursday April 9th.(They had moved the application deadline to the 15th). The receptionist told me that the appropriate party would get the packet the following day, since she had already come and gone Thursday when we got there.
Since then, I have received nothing from them. I was told that when I had returned the paperwork I would receive a call to schedule tests within a few days. I think the issue may be that I requested testing be postponed until after his early may birthday, but I'm actually not sure that the special services director isn't just avoiding me. The only thing the policy, application and website say is that you will receive a written decision by June 30th as long as your application was received 45 days in advance of the end of the school year.
Tomorrow is his end of year preschool parent teacher conference, and I feel very unprepared. Should I call the school? As much as some people there have been very helpful and understanding, I've had to basically teach these people what their rules say about the whole situation, and I don't want to seem any more pushy then necessary.
On a related note, does anyone know what the difference is between a school board policy and an administrative guideline? They all have the same numbers and are mostly word for word the same, but the administrative guideline for early entrance(dated 2003) is completely different than the same numbered board policy Dated 2010.the board policy is in line with the academic acceleration policy that's required by state law, but the rules and explanation on the application, and the process outlined there, are in line with the outdated administration guidelines. This might be because it's really not supposed to be special services job, and seems to have been pawned off on her Last minute. Anyway I think we solved this problem for us, but I'd like to fix it for everyone in our situation, but I am scared that doing anything about it could make our relationship with the school system more adversarial than necessary. On the other hand is it ethical not to do anything? I mean if they treat our situation like a special exception for parents who take the time to do research, but treat other applicanT's as outlined in the outdated guidelines, it seems like special treatment. We don't want special treatment, we just want an appropriate education for our son.
