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My friend was recently successful in having her daughter accepted to 1st grade after completion of early K at a private pre-school. In addition to the best interest of her daughter, I feel especially satisfied because I applied my btdt experience and coached her throughout the process.
They pursued and received 1st grade placement with their local religious school and used the placement as leverage with the public school which wanted her dd to repeat K due to age. However, in IL, after 1st grade, the school district has no say in grade placement. They basically told the public school principle that repeating K was not an option and their daughter would attend the public school for 2nd grade one way or another although their preference would be to start her in 1st with her peer group.
My friend feels bad to turn down the Catholic school�s gracious offer, but their local district has equally high nationally normed ITBS scores so it really just came down to a matter of cost.
Is it possible to start your ds early at private school and then transfer over safely based on NH state law?
