You're very welcome!
At the moment, his existing testing is not restricting him from access to either placement. It's just a question of which one is more suited to him. I don't think it's a red flag that the new school will take him based only on his VCI. There are both educationally valid and educationally irrelevant reasons for doing so, and it's not obvious in which category their rationale falls. Especially at a new school, which may be eager to boost enrollment. I'd be more interested in how they plan to address/accommodate his second exceptionality. Does your DC have opinions on which school he prefers? Have you been able to do a site visit (with DC) of the new school? (Or was there no operating school to visit?) What factors stand out to you and him pro/con each school, at a boots-on-the-ground level?
