Plan B

After a very long week, and another one next week, I think we've narrowed down other options for Madeline as far as schooling goes. First choice is still hoping that the school gets more young students and then she can go there. I have two choices after that, and will need more investigating to see if we can make them work. There is another private school that is willing to work with us. They have a K/1st grade combined class so it doesn't matter that Madeline is more of a K student then a 1st grader. That teacher is also the principal, I met with her and she is fully aware of all of our issues and didn't shy away. She had three students this year with SPD, and she decided to undergo some training for it to better help those students so I know she is willing to go out of her way to met the students where they are at. The main reason that I am even considering this school is because they do have other dyslexic students and are fine working around special arrangements. If Madeline went to that school, and a big if, then we would be having a private OG tutor come in for her an hour every day to work with her, and the school is more then happy to work around that. A major bonus to this option is that the private school has an arrangement with the local district to use their computers/library, in order to do that, the students are also enrolled in the school district. That could make it much easier for us to receive services for Madeline. A big drawback for me though is that it is a Christian school, which we are not.

The other option would be to enroll her in the online program that the public school has here where once again she would be a public school student but she could be at home with me. I would still have to get a private OG tutor and make that work 5 days a week, since the very limited options for tutors require a commitment at that level. 

I'm considering the other private school for a few reasons, the tutor would come there, eliminating dragging a toddler and baby to a daily session. Also the end result will be that Madeline hopefully goes to the original private school in another year, there is absolutely no way to reproduce what they can offer there at home or any other school, it really is an amazing school. I'm wondering if a transition year would be good for Madeline since that school might not be an option this year. Madeline has a huge fear of school, the dyslexia school was concerned about taking on a child that has never been in a school environment. I can't blame them, they are so small that they are not equipped to handle some issues. The second private school is aware of her anxiety and willing to work with us to ease her into school. We are on the waiting list there so we don't even know if that could be an option, they will decide in a month.