My experience has been so overwhelmingly good, that I was hesitant to write this. I know there are others who have had problems, but I can not tell their story, I only know ours. I know integration may not be the choice some parents make. I respect that decision. I believe that it is usually a tough decision, made in the best interest of the child.
All children are different, and all situations have different circumstances to consider.
All signs indicated that this would be a tough integration. The decision was ours to make, we were not pressured by the school district either way, but were given all information and support possible to make a choice. The school, Katherine Carpenter, is our neighborhood school. So, the children Matthew would be going to kindergarten with were our neighbors. When we moved into this area two years ago, we had a neighbor approach us asking how old Matthew was.