Good for you and your son! We have some autism programs in our district that operate the same way. My D16 isn't part of the spectrum - she has Angelman Syndrome - so she stays in her home school.
Like you, we specifically moved from our old house in another county into our neighborhood within this district because it IS the best all around - for my typical kid and especially my special needs one. They have very little room for open enrollment, even within the district - and that's for typical kids. I know of exceptions for special needs, but that has only happened in other schools and not ours. There are NO exceptions in mine. When my house was for sale last fall, I begged and pleaded for an exception in case I couldn't find a house within the boundaries (with supply being so limited then). I got a written reply: NO.
I have teacher friends within the district that had a tough time getting their kids into the system. Our HS has almost 4000 kids, and in a suburban area, that's pretty big. Heck, it's bigger than my college was.
Mish, our district allows you to stay the rest of the school year once the move has occurred, as long as you were in the residence in the boundaries the day school started. Not sure if that works for you? Like yours, we only get bus service to/from houses and day facilities that are within the physical school boundaries. Otherwise, you drive and pick up. Once she started HS, and the start time is 7:10 here, we knew that the bus would pick her up at 6:30. We think that is too long a day for her, as we pick her up from her after school program at 5. That's hard enough.
Good luck, Sweetie!
Betsey
"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
