Daybreak

My initial reaction was please let the little man go to Tuke's Valley. The little woman went there for kindergarten, so we are familiar with it.  But then I had the weekend to process some more (and I'm still processing).  I emailed Carly and told her I was good with Tuke's or Daybreak.  She was happy about that because Daybreak is where there was room for him. 
So yesterday I met with the team there who will be working with him.  School psychologist, speech teacher, behavior teacher and first grade teacher.  They gave me a good overall of their program and how that looks.  They started teaching me the language....yes there is a language to this.  Basically it is the words to use for various behaviors.  For a minute I lost my words and had to wait it out. 
We decided that the one on one who has been working with the little man will not make the transition with him.  They really wanted a clean break and how things are going to be there. 
I asked to be able to bring him after school to see where his new class is and meet his teachers.  They made that work for us. I picked him up from school and we went.  Saw the rooms, met everyone except the first grade teacher and met the principal.  We also ran into one of Mike's teachers and found out another one of his teachers is at the school.  That just felt too funny. 
The little man seemed to take it all in.  He had tearful good byes at his school from many of the aids.  He was welcomed at his new school.  And yes, he suffers another loss but hopefully the gain will make up for this one. 
We opted not to use busing for now.  My schedule is so crazy it seemed easier to just do parent drop offs and pick ups on the days I don't work. He and I discussed it and at first he wanted the bus, but then he liked the idea of having me to himself for those few minutes every day. 
He wanted to go to bed at 7:30 pm so we did.  He was asleep by 8.  I think that shows how stressful this change is for him.