Thanks for the advice! I asked about all of these things. I think his motor skills will be just fine. Sounds like red-shirting is not a big deal in this area (the district AIG coordinator was there and she only had heard of one case in the last few years).
I wasn't blown away by their ability to explain how they would differentiate. It sounds like their AIG program is a bit in flux, although they also said they try to differentiate for everything, grouping similar-ability students together in the classroom. They said they were very committed to differentiation, and outlined a few possible approaches (single-subject pull-out, in-class ability grouping, and a school AIG teacher who might do...something), but they didn't seem to have a clear system in place. So I'm not really sure what to make of that.
Now we wait to see what they say, although the principal, vice-principal, and AIG coordinator all seemed to think DS would be a good candidate for early K.
Thank you for the recommendations!
