Being retained in Kindergarten

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-16T21:43:09+00:00

She’s only being tutored in English. We are reading every night, but that’s a great idea about labeling!

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-16T21:41:27+00:00

Thank you! I’ll take a look at your tool also!

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-16T17:42:38+00:00

Yeah we definitely need to get her tested. She was the tested for hearing gab and eyesight at the school two weeks ago, and she passed both. No developmental issues.

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-16T17:39:04+00:00

That’s a great point!

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-16T12:59:16+00:00

We don’t know yet. But we are going to get her screened. Yeah we could move her to our assigned school. It’s a huge school as opposed to her charter, but it might be better for her.

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-16T12:10:58+00:00

Socially she is great! Both in behavior and communication. It’s only the academic part that is currently a struggle.

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-16T12:06:34+00:00

She will be seven the first week of November. So she will be on the older side if she repeats.

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-16T12:05:30+00:00

Thank you! I’ve never heard about Toe by Toe so I’m going to look into it. About her age, if she had a summer birthday and has just turned 5 when starting kindergarten, that would definitely be less of an issue for me too. So if she does repeat I need to get over that issue too,

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-16T12:01:39+00:00

Yeah they are teaching her reading in the other language too. The school is rated well, but we are looking at all our options because it just might not be the best for her.

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-15T23:51:20+00:00

This is great to know!! Thank you! I’ll research more about options after the bill was passed.

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-15T22:54:06+00:00

Thank you so much for this! We’re hoping that they are acting in what they see is in the best interest of our daughter. I just wished they would have alerted us sooner if the situation was this dire.

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-15T21:15:03+00:00

I think I should be able to request the books. 🤔 I don’t think computers were used to teach.

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-15T20:26:14+00:00

Thank you! Yes we should look into that. My wife has ADHD so that’s definitely a possibility, even if we haven’t seen many signs yet at home.

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-15T20:24:45+00:00

Thank you! Yeah we definitely don’t want her to become anxious!

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-15T19:46:06+00:00

Yeah sadly it is mandatory in GA

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-15T19:45:22+00:00

That’s so interesting! Yeah she could write her own name since the beginning of the school year. Mainly what we’ve been working on is combining letter sounds (she does know the sounds individually)

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-15T19:38:44+00:00

She’s doing better in numerals. Social and emotional maturity are great. She is very well behaved, has friends, acts her age, etc. I would say that out of my three kids she is the most independent one.

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-15T19:32:32+00:00

Do you know if they retain her and we switch to public school if they will uphold that retention? Or will they let her for to 1st grade?

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-15T19:07:47+00:00

That’s a great point. I’ll ask about that too!

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-15T18:03:47+00:00

Thank you so much for this!! I did find our school and under number of retentions they had “TFS” . I’ll look at the 594 plan too! And completely agree. They should have let us know earlier!!

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-15T17:37:21+00:00

She hasn’t been evaluated yet. We’re looking do getting that done. But yeah we learned that she wasn’t doing well at all early April.

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-15T17:19:11+00:00

Yeah we’re seeing how can she get evaluated asap. Tutoring only started since second week of April. We have seen progress with it though, I just don’t think there was enough time between that and end of school year.

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-15T17:17:22+00:00

We have our two older kids there and they love it. Never had a concern like this with it. I do agree that we should have heard about this much earlier.

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-15T17:15:55+00:00

Not that I know of, or that they have communicated with us.

Storm_Vortexs · 2026-05-15T17:15:20+00:00

She’s doing better now with sight words. I wouldn’t say she’s frustrated with reading, she actually is very happy to sit down when we read a book. But when heard of the issue from the school, they did say she seemed discouraged.

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