Thanks guys for the input - i really did need a vent! I think the thing that is the most frustrating is that we were in this same exact spot last year going into K...DS6 has had an IEP for both speech and OT since he was 3 (he has Dyspraxia) and his speech/OT teachers also agreed that they were very unsure about the best placement for him last year since K in the county didn't offer any kind of acceleration/gifted program and they knew how advanced he really was and showed the same concern that he might become a behavior issue if not challenged appropriately...when homeschooling was decided as the best option for the time, we held his first IEP meeting in October and I asked for full testing to be done by the county so that IF we decided to do public school for this year coming up then everything would ALREADY be in place and we wouldn't have to go through the whole waiting process to get all the paperwork done and ducks in a row...they would not agree to test him saying it was a waste of their time because he was being homeschooled this year...I tried again to request it at his end of the year IEP in May - again stated, let's wait until he is enrolled in the fall to move forward...they couldn't get past that maybe, just maybe it would help things fall into place and be organized for the following year and all the leg work would be done and we could start straight out of the gate.
I will give the principal a call this week to see if I can come in and talk to him about options - I don't want to be the crazy mom but I also don't want my DS6 to lapse back into the sad, depressed little kid that he was one year ago before we pulled to do homeschooling ...he was beating himself up for always getting in trouble at his old Montessori preschool and was constantly made fun of because he was more interested in learning about things like the facts of the Titanic than playing tag in the playground. He had become withdrawn, depressed and really lost any interest in exploring things he used to love...it took most of this year of homeschooling to bring him back to his old self.

Last edited by Belle; 06/30/09 08:58 PM.