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Update. After a lot of thinking (and nervous candy eating) we decided to go for it. DS is enrolled in a small private K for September. We'll have to go through another round of planning next year, but today are feeling good about the decision. Of course, he's looking forward to "look[ing] wicked wicked handsome" in his uniform and "math!" Smile. At the end of the day, he made it very clear where he wanted to be. It feels good to agree with and be able to support his choice, have the school confident about accepting him and willing to do the same.

He sounds adorable!

I hope that he enjoys school in Sept and that the school is able to live up to his (and your) expectations!

Thanks! We do too

Good luck, I hope you'll update with your experiences. My DS's birthday is about 8 weeks too late for the Kindergarten cutoff. I've been pondering enrolling him in a private school for K and 1, though most of them are pretty strict about the cutoff deadline, too. But he is quite ready now and there's no benefit to him in being one of the oldest in the class. Ironically, in the district we live in now, he could apply and be tested for early entrance: but in the one we're moving to, they don't do early entrance at all. Frustrating!

Wow! Exciting! Keep us updated. I bet he'll love it.

Congratulations! I'm super jealous!

I wish it worked out for us too! We went for private, but they were just as strict with age requirements here as public! We've been unable to get anything better than a re-evaluation at the 6 week mark despite her graduating 2nd year pre-K in May!