Pre-K Assessment

Today we took Cooper for the Onslow County Pre-K assessment. It went fairly smooth, but we were told by someone who previously worked in the county school district that knows Cooper, that the assessment is hit or miss in selecting a a child for a spot. She also indicated that Cooper would most likely not get a spot because with his current skill level, he wouldn't have a developmental need.

For the last two weeks, it was weird, we had to refrain from going over alphabets, numbers, etc. with him because we didn't want to hurt his chances of getting in! Doesn't that seem backwards?

They told us they would notify us of the results of his assessment sometime in August, and that he would then be selected (or not) for a Pre-K spot.

It's like a catch-22; you want them to get into Pre-K; but you want them to be bright enough that, in fact, they weren't selected, if that makes sense! But the TA there told Joey there were also spots available in our school District that were not based on developmental or financial criteria, so that increases the chances of his getting a spot (depending on how many other children apply.)

Here's crossing our fingers!