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The only thing that matters is what writing looks like in your DS's first grade class. What are their expectations as far as written responses, etc?

I don't know, because he's not in first, and DD attended first elsewhere (and was in another category re writing). There's a confusing factor here in that his current K teacher teaches general education, and the gen ed population is quite poor and pretty low-skills. She considers him outstanding in writing for K. But the kids who will one day join him in the magnet--note, 98% of these kids do not currently attend the school with him-- are a pretty different story.