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Hi SPG. I just wanted to share my DS7's TK/4y preschool experience. He missed the state cutoff for KG by 2 months so he attend TK/4 yr preschool. It was a nightmare. There is still residual damage from that year. Just a few months ago he told me that in TK he never got to be calendar helper or line leader. He is in 2nd grade now and the fact that he still remembers TK - 3 years ago, is disturbing. He was the only one reading when he entered and the only reading when he "graduated." It was an age appropriate TK in that all the kids missed the cutoff and turned 5 within 3 months of the cutoff. The teacher would claim he would brag that he was smarter than the other kids, that he would ask too many questions during story time and that he liked to "show off." Admittedly, these were all red flags that I discovered 2 months into the program in the Fall. We had planned a family trip out of the country for 2 months so after I discovered all of this, he was removed from the situation. Alas, I reenrolled him when we returned and the problems persisted (I had a younger child so I was overwhelmed with the thought of keeping him entertained every day). The teacher even had the kids go on a field trip and I didn't received the information so I ended up driving him to the field trip location rather than going with his class. Anyway, for us: Big Mistake. I should've pulled him. If you get any other red flags, pls consider taking him out. The damage from that school year took at least KG and 1st grade to repair. JMHO... Good luck.