Osse blessing of DCPS private placement

[Anonymous]

So what school that are half way decent are accepting kids?

[Anonymous]

The fact that OSSE can deny private placement after DCPS approves it is ridiculous.
The fact that OSSE can not place children who can not be served within DCPS and these children need to wait is further denials of FAPE.

Where is the Attorney General making sure that DC is following federal law?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The fact that OSSE can deny private placement after DCPS approves it is ridiculous.
The fact that OSSE can not place children who can not be served within DCPS and these children need to wait is further denials of FAPE.

Where is the Attorney General making sure that DC is following federal law?

What is osse supposed to do if the student gets denied from the schools they applied to? They just keep sending the file out. There isn’t anything else they can do. They can’t force a school to take kids over their student programming limit. People think nonpublic placement is so easy and it’s a snap. It’s not

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that OSSE can deny private placement after DCPS approves it is ridiculous.
The fact that OSSE can not place children who can not be served within DCPS and these children need to wait is further denials of FAPE.

Where is the Attorney General making sure that DC is following federal law?

What is osse supposed to do if the student gets denied from the schools they applied to? They just keep sending the file out. There isn’t anything else they can do. They can’t force a school to take kids over their student programming limit. People think nonpublic placement is so easy and it’s a snap. It’s not

I forgot to add. OSSE can say no and it doesn’t matter. If the iep team agrees to nonpublic then they can overrule osse. Osse is just pretend gatekeeping. But if there are no available seats in a nonpublic school there are no seats and they have to keep looking. These schools are tiny.

[Anonymous]

OP, for us it took three weeks for OSSE to approve and we had acceptances from three schools within about a month after. We got into all the schools we applied to, but apparently that is very unusual. Have at least two backups. KTS and Ivymount are the hardest ones to get into.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what school that are half way decent are accepting kids?

KKI Powder Mill. We chose another school but I was very impressed with the faculty and program.

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Anonymous wrote:The fact that OSSE can deny private placement after DCPS approves it is ridiculous.
The fact that OSSE can not place children who can not be served within DCPS and these children need to wait is further denials of FAPE.

Where is the Attorney General making sure that DC is following federal law?

What is osse supposed to do if the student gets denied from the schools they applied to? They just keep sending the file out. There isn’t anything else they can do. They can’t force a school to take kids over their student programming limit. People think nonpublic placement is so easy and it’s a snap. It’s not

I forgot to add. OSSE can say no and it doesn’t matter. If the iep team agrees to nonpublic then they can overrule osse. Osse is just pretend gatekeeping. But if there are no available seats in a nonpublic school there are no seats and they have to keep looking. These schools are tiny.

This is what happened to us. The OSSE rep had opinions and was told to basically pound sand. OSSE isn't as much a concern as actually getting into a school. And OSSE has very limited power there. If parents have their hearts set on a particular school, they need to do the lobbying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So what school that are half way decent are accepting kids?

KKI Powder Mill. We chose another school but I was very impressed with the faculty and program.

We are at a different campus but love our KKI school. Warning though the powder mill campus is TINY like 60 kids.

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Anonymous wrote:So what school that are half way decent are accepting kids?

KKI Powder Mill. We chose another school but I was very impressed with the faculty and program.

We are at a different campus but love our KKI school. Warning though the powder mill campus is TINY like 60 kids.

It is, and that's definitely a drawback if you want a bigger atmosphere. The program itself ultimately didn't feel like as good a fit as others, but I loved the school. Great facility, lots of activities for the kids, two full-time nurses, and all the things you expect with a newer building. I would very much encourage people to list it along with KTS and Ivymount.

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Anonymous wrote:So what school that are half way decent are accepting kids?

KKI Powder Mill. We chose another school but I was very impressed with the faculty and program.

We are at a different campus but love our KKI school. Warning though the powder mill campus is TINY like 60 kids.

It is, and that's definitely a drawback if you want a bigger atmosphere. The program itself ultimately didn't feel like as good a fit as others, but I loved the school. Great facility, lots of activities for the kids, two full-time nurses, and all the things you expect with a newer building. I would very much encourage people to list it along with KTS and Ivymount.

What kinds of kids are best served at Kki powder mill (similar to ivymount and KTS?) (also is it similar to their fairmount campus?) thanks!

[Anonymous]

Try to get acceptances before DCPS send your file if you know there are only a couple of schools you would take. We held off for half a year until our desired school has a spot.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So what school that are half way decent are accepting kids?

KKI Powder Mill. We chose another school but I was very impressed with the faculty and program.

We are at a different campus but love our KKI school. Warning though the powder mill campus is TINY like 60 kids.

It is, and that's definitely a drawback if you want a bigger atmosphere. The program itself ultimately didn't feel like as good a fit as others, but I loved the school. Great facility, lots of activities for the kids, two full-time nurses, and all the things you expect with a newer building. I would very much encourage people to list it along with KTS and Ivymount.

What kinds of kids are best served at Kki powder mill (similar to ivymount and KTS?) (also is it similar to their fairmount campus?) thanks!

My kid attends KKIMC and we really like it. They have awesome activities monthly (festivals, popcorn/movie day, etc) that still allow my kid to be a kid. I really like how small it is. Every single adult in the school knows my child by name and can always tell me a funny story or a little snippet about my kid. It’s really amazing. We feel like dc is making progress and is in good hands. I think they serve kids along the same line at Ivymount - they are built to service kids with autism. From what I’ve seen at pickup and at activities it seems mild to moderate but I’m not positive about that. I don’t know anything about Fairmount though. Hopefully someone else can help you there.

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Anonymous wrote:So what school that are half way decent are accepting kids?

KKI Powder Mill. We chose another school but I was very impressed with the faculty and program.

We are at a different campus but love our KKI school. Warning though the powder mill campus is TINY like 60 kids.

It is, and that's definitely a drawback if you want a bigger atmosphere. The program itself ultimately didn't feel like as good a fit as others, but I loved the school. Great facility, lots of activities for the kids, two full-time nurses, and all the things you expect with a newer building. I would very much encourage people to list it along with KTS and Ivymount.

What kinds of kids are best served at Kki powder mill (similar to ivymount and KTS?) (also is it similar to their fairmount campus?) thanks!

My kid attends KKIMC and we really like it. They have awesome activities monthly (festivals, popcorn/movie day, etc) that still allow my kid to be a kid. I really like how small it is. Every single adult in the school knows my child by name and can always tell me a funny story or a little snippet about my kid. It’s really amazing. We feel like dc is making progress and is in good hands. I think they serve kids along the same line at Ivymount - they are built to service kids with autism. From what I’ve seen at pickup and at activities it seems mild to moderate but I’m not positive about that. I don’t know anything about Fairmount though. Hopefully someone else can help you there.

Thanks for the info! Are most of the kids at this school placed by Montgomery county (not many Dcps kids?)

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Anonymous wrote:So what school that are half way decent are accepting kids?

KKI Powder Mill. We chose another school but I was very impressed with the faculty and program.

We are at a different campus but love our KKI school. Warning though the powder mill campus is TINY like 60 kids.

It is, and that's definitely a drawback if you want a bigger atmosphere. The program itself ultimately didn't feel like as good a fit as others, but I loved the school. Great facility, lots of activities for the kids, two full-time nurses, and all the things you expect with a newer building. I would very much encourage people to list it along with KTS and Ivymount.

What kinds of kids are best served at Kki powder mill (similar to ivymount and KTS?) (also is it similar to their fairmount campus?) thanks!

My kid attends KKIMC and we really like it. They have awesome activities monthly (festivals, popcorn/movie day, etc) that still allow my kid to be a kid. I really like how small it is. Every single adult in the school knows my child by name and can always tell me a funny story or a little snippet about my kid. It’s really amazing. We feel like dc is making progress and is in good hands. I think they serve kids along the same line at Ivymount - they are built to service kids with autism. From what I’ve seen at pickup and at activities it seems mild to moderate but I’m not positive about that. I don’t know anything about Fairmount though. Hopefully someone else can help you there.

Thanks for the info! Are most of the kids at this school placed by Montgomery county (not many Dcps kids?)

Not sure. We are funded through MoCo. I do see DC busses (at least 2 maybe 3). You could reach out and ask. The admissions team is really helpful.

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Anonymous wrote:So what school that are half way decent are accepting kids?

KKI Powder Mill. We chose another school but I was very impressed with the faculty and program.

We are at a different campus but love our KKI school. Warning though the powder mill campus is TINY like 60 kids.

It is, and that's definitely a drawback if you want a bigger atmosphere. The program itself ultimately didn't feel like as good a fit as others, but I loved the school. Great facility, lots of activities for the kids, two full-time nurses, and all the things you expect with a newer building. I would very much encourage people to list it along with KTS and Ivymount.

What kinds of kids are best served at Kki powder mill (similar to ivymount and KTS?) (also is it similar to their fairmount campus?) thanks!

My kid attends KKIMC and we really like it. They have awesome activities monthly (festivals, popcorn/movie day, etc) that still allow my kid to be a kid. I really like how small it is. Every single adult in the school knows my child by name and can always tell me a funny story or a little snippet about my kid. It’s really amazing. We feel like dc is making progress and is in good hands. I think they serve kids along the same line at Ivymount - they are built to service kids with autism. From what I’ve seen at pickup and at activities it seems mild to moderate but I’m not positive about that. I don’t know anything about Fairmount though. Hopefully someone else can help you there.

Thanks for the info! Are most of the kids at this school placed by Montgomery county (not many Dcps kids?)

They're on the DCPS list, so I'm sure there's a few. If you have a kid on the spectrum who also has some other issues like LD or ID, KKI PMC is very much worth your time. All of the schools can manage some medical issues as well, but I was very impressed by the medical staff at KKI. So if your child also has some medical concerns, I think they would be in extremely good hands. I absolutely loved the school and because it's small and still growing, I think you have good odds of a spot as long as the fit is there.