What school in upper NW does Dyslexia well?
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Anonymous
| AVOID Lafayette! |
Anonymous
| Can anyone who has successfully sued DCPS for Lab tuition please point me in the direction of starting this process? Thank you |
Anonymous
Hahahahahaha. |
Anonymous
| either you know something, or you don't. being rude is not helpful. i'm not stupid, i know this is a long shot, and i know of people who have done it successfully, but not recently. i'm looking for real information, not judgement. |
Anonymous
| I would try to find an education advocate/ lawyer. Don’t let people on DCUM dissuade you from advocating for your child. I have no idea if this is feasible but don’t be swayed but DCUM posters. |
Anonymous
Brian Gruber and Michael Eig have both been successful getting funded placements at lab. DC has good fee shifting statutes, but of course only if you win. |
Anonymous
| I think you have a choice here: do you want to spend money on attorneys (and not fully know whether you will win) or do you want to put that money and effort into remediation for your child after school. Time is your real enemy - not DCPS (although it sounds like your child - like nearly every child in DMV with dyslexia - or worse dyscalculia - is being denied FAPE). Basically, this is your choice. We chose to put that money into our child - three times a week. Hard to believe we consider ourselves to be a modern, science based society but there you go. That’s the secret every parent of a dyslexic child knows.... |
Anonymous
| Our dc parish school has excellent success with kids with dyslexia. |
Anonymous
| Thank you for your response, I would be glad to know the name of your Parish school. |
Anonymous
Contact a lawyer. DCPS is so bad that it is not a hard case to prove. Can you post and email and I will reach out. |
Anonymous
| Thank you for your thoughts on suing DCPS for Lab tuition, especially the Lawyer leads. Our child went from private school to LAB 3 years ago and it has been incredible for our child after near daily tutoring was still not enough. Unfortunately due to changes in circumstances, we will not be able to sustain the tuition. We are willing to spend the money on legal fees to give it a try before thinking of a plan B. I appreciate the support. I know we all our trying to give our kids - especially those who learn differently the best we can. I hope our society will one day offer public education options that can properly support our kids - not just accommodate them. |
Anonymous
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The district does not support or provide dyslexia training except as on an ad hoc basis. Each year they pay for 6 or staff members to go through the Wilson certification process.
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Anonymous
You will be hard pressed to "win" a case suing DCPS for Lab school tuition without having been enrolled in a DCPS. Part the of case that people make is that DCPS failed their child. If I read this correctly (?) |
Anonymous
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Sorry to say none.
I’d honestly go to MCPS (people will say it’s bad but it’s not compared to dcps. And do OG tutoring and or Lindamood Bell to supplement. Or lab or sienna or Maclean if you can handle it. It took us TWO YEARS to sue for tuition for lab and it was draining and hostile the whole way (just finished settlement). Theres zero concern from dcps about the child learning or wellbeing. And have to front all the legal costs. It’s not anywhere as easy as people might reflect here or may have experienced in the past. |
Anonymous
| thank you for sharing your experience. really. it is helpful in our decision to pursue |