Thanks guys for the vent :-) We are trying really hard to be super duper low key about tomorrow. He told me that he is really excited but "sorta" scared at the same time about the whole starting public school. The one key that seems to help a lot...is that he is in LOVE with all things Manatee and has been for over a year...and the school is Manatee Elementary -so he is just happy about that :-) I am just SO annoyed that they are making us jump through so many hoops when we have all the info they need right under their noses!
I really, really enjoyed homeschooling this past year and it is very much an option if things don't work out..when he asked about trying school again, I was very upbeat and open and said if there is anything he ever is interested in or wants to try, we will do whatever needs to be done to support him and let him try or explore it. I am just worried because his montessori preschool basically chewed him up and spit him out and it took us this past year to get our little guy back.
The next fight is that we were told that his teacher (if he passes the assessment tomorrow) will need to observe him for the first 9 weeks and then on her recommendation would refer him for the gifted program at the end of the first grading period...with all the meetings/paperwork..it would be close to December before he could actually start their one day a week pull out gifted program despite all the testing that they have in front of them...argggghhhh...one step at a time :-)
