Jake won't be having an aide for KG this Fall. He's been in the special needs preschool program at the local high school for nearly 2 years (since 3), rides the bus from there to his daycare, etc. and functions fine w/o an aide. I too am worried about the playground come first grade (next year) when he's out with the big kids because it looked crazy and he'd definitely get knocked down (the KG kids have their own littler playground). But for now, the schools thought waiting on the aide till he really needed it might be better. Jake hates not being "like all the other kids" so we agreed. And KG only lasts 2.5 hours anyway. Our IEP process has been pretty thorough and everyone was very helpful. We even had a transition meeting between the preschool and the elementary school a couple weeks ago. My understanding is that if you really want the aide and push hard, the school generally relents.