I Really Need Help on This One MAMAS!! Please Read It Need Advise!!

The main issue seems like your son just needs the therapy help? I have gone against school district and won.However if he needs the therapy why can't you just educate yourself and teach him?? Let him stay at his preschool and everything be great and then at home you just help him. Yes the school is not right but if there is something you can do why have conflict when you can do it. I would not want that negative, stressful conflict if I knew I can do it or hire a private tutor type. I hope that helped :~)

I don't know if this helps you now, but maybe for kindergarten...
Don't know, but a couple thoughts as a general ed teacher who has attended IEPs of elem. students (preschool I'm not familiar with):
You have to sign to get special services. So if you don't agree, don't sign. They can offer you that special school but can't make you go if you'd rather decline it.
They have to provide you education- and transportation to it- in the least restrictive environment. So there's no such thing as your school being full. If you live there they have to take you.
There's a strict time limit for all special ed things- meetings, testing, services. So put your request in writing. I think if you meet with them and come prepared you should get what you want- especially b/c as you said it is cheaper for them.
Also, I've been to several IEP meetings with lawyers. If they're screwing with you, I don't know how much it costs but they'd probably get their acts together if you let them know your special ed attorney will be joining the meeting.

not sure about the school district thing, but I wanted to let youknow that my husband had blocked ears(due to fluid) when he was little. His mom just thought he was slow! :) They finally found out about his hearing when he was 4 and got his ears drained. He never went to speech therapy or anything like that- just regular kindergarten when he was five. He speaks fine although he is the only one in his family without a southern accent!
I think if you work with your son at home, he will be fine!
~C.

My girlfriend has gone through something similar with her son. You have to fight for his rights!!! Let the school board know that you are aware there are already 6 kids getting the services you need as well. If they won't accomodate at all I'd get a lawyer to write a letter. If that doesn't work get the lawyer to take action!!! Also the more kids that are enrolled in those special programs that your son does not need, the more money the state gets from the gov't!! And they don't spend it on the schools, as u saw for yourself! Keep pushing and good luck! Remember the squeaky wheel gets the grease and your son deserves the best education he can get!

Never back down cuz your son's education are very important.The first 10 years of a his life is important part of his growing and learning process.It will help build who he is going to be.School district are a bunch of non caring and only want to deny things when it is too difficult for them to deal with.Personally I hate school district cuz they are more complicated than they should be.So I am being a bit bias,SORRY.They don't want to do extra work and go out of their way for anything.(Had many problems with them many years ago)They have more then enough time and enough of man power to send out and deal with things but if somehow they came in contact with any problem,deny ,deny is what they do.They are hoping and betting that every time they do that the family they denied won't fight back.I think that you should talk to a lawyer and see what are your options.You shouldn't have to pay for it and you even have prove that there are other case like yours.Besides you want better things for your kid and this is worth fighting for.Don't give up.