montessori

i had a meeting for dylan the other day at school. overall it went well, he's doing well in speech, he does great in the friendship group, his handwriting is better, his reading has improved...but he did horribly on his math test. we came up with ideas of how to help him in math and writing (just to keep him going with that) and determined that no, he doesn't have add or adhd and they believe (and i agree) that it is a motivational issue for dyl. as the meeting was ending his teacher stated that she thought he should be in the iep classroom for 3rd grade, which, the assistant principal informed me was a classroom made up of mostly kids with a learning disability. after i walked out i started thinking about what that would mean for dylan, and what consequences that might make for him. he might be in a room that moved at a slower pace, but he would be in a class that the other kids recognized as the class with the "stupid" kids, he might get made fun of. Then what if he isn't rising to as high a need as many of the other kids in the classroom and skates by without much support? well, i started thinking, and talking to some friends and the montessori school came up. i looked into it last year, but he made huge strides and decided he would be able to make in public school after all. right now i am not thinking that. so i called the school and set up an appointment so i could go and check it out and apply for him. i really really hope he gets accepted, i just worry about the financial piece and the vast difference in schools and how long it might take him to adjust and blah blah blah. i like beecher, i just don't know if it provides the best environment for dylan to learn in. we'll see what happens.