Planning preschool for next year

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My son currently attends afternoon preschool. Ideally I would have chose mornings but with our busy schedule of therapies it didn't work. His preschool understands our situation and is very accommodating. They allow us to do mon/fri even though technically kids who do two day are in tues/thurs but those days don't work with our schedule.

For next school year they are offering us the same courtesy. The problem is in January dd will start preschool. By her ei teams guess (and I realize a lot can change from now until then) shell likely get half day placement 4-5 days a week. If I have a child in morning preschool (I am going to drive her, not bus) then a kid in afternoon preschool it's going to be really inconvenient. However, I'm reluctant in switching ds from afternoons to morning preschool halfway through the school year.

wwyd? 

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-auntie-:

It's hard to guess at this point how this would work out. Your DD might be offered an afternoon slot based on her needs. She may be offered a couple full days. You She may be offered pushed in services at a private preschool or you may be asked to bring her into the local elementary for services.

Your son might be offered a slot as a peer model in pre-K. If this will be his last year before kindie, you might want to bump him up to a 4 day program in preparation.

we pretty much know where Dds preschool placement is. All the special Ed kids without serious medical needs are sent to an integrated preschool in town-they have one large school that handles early childhood education vs having preschool programs at each individual elementary school. It's a half day program. 

My son does not get services at this preschool-he gets drop in speech at our elementary. We pay for private preschool and since he has an iep for an artic delay he can't serve as a peer model at the towns preschool. He has 2 more years of preschool left. Our towns kindie is half day so I'm not too worried about putting him in for four days yet.  

smerka

My older son is in half day at the school districts preschool.  He attends under preschool for all, so we don't have to pay tuition.   My younger son has a slot in their tuition program, but we just found out he has an articulation delay so he may qualify, but more likely just for drop in speech.  Can your son pay tution and go to your daughters school?

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smerka:

My older son is in half day at the school districts preschool.  He attends under preschool for all, so we don't have to pay tuition.   My younger son has a slot in their tuition program, but we just found out he has an articulation delay so he may qualify, but more likely just for drop in speech.  Can your son pay tution and go to your daughters school?

nope, unfortunately he can't attend Dds school. It's for neuro typical kids and special needs kids. My son has an artic delay but that doesn't qualify him for special Ed preschool. He's not considered nt so he can't qualify for a spot as a peer model. It sucks.  

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-auntie-:

Can you realistically get both kids where they need to be in the morning? Are their start times slightly staggered? 

While it would be nice to have some time to yourself, if dropping both doesn't work in the AM, you'll have to stagger their times. This would give you some one:one time with each child. 

the schools are under five minutes apart from each other on the same road.

im kind of torn on this. On one hand I'd love the one on one time. On the other hand my dd learns so much from my ds so the thought of them spending so much time apart worries me.