Re-reading all of your great info/advice and seeking new input. DD is 4.5 and we entered her in the lottery for the public charter montessori here in Haverhill. I am leaning though to the neighborhood elementary school she's districted for (which will close in a couple of years when a new K-8 school a few blocks from us is supposed to open.
We have not done any testing still, but I am planning on talking our the child psych on staff at her pedi.
RE: pre-K. IMHO, she continues to show PG qualities at her montessori pre-k, but has definitely upped her social game and is very concerned about fitting in and assimilating much to my dismay. Though it's important for her and I'm glad for her that she has friends and is not shy, I would like her to do that not to the detriment of her smarts.
