Just to let you know about another metro area - it's normal in the mpls/st paul area for preschool for 3 or 4 yos, but not younger. Also, I am shocked about the powerpoint presentation! I thought maybe it was an urban legend.

Yikes. We have relatives who lived in an austin suburb for awhile (round rock? red rock?), but we never heard stories like that about their schoolager. I suppose that's far enough out of the city.