Charter school placing out due to special needs

[Anonymous]

Has anyone had their kid placed out of a charter into a private special needs school, because the charter couldn't meet their needs? Would love to know what the process is. This is in DC.

[Anonymous]

You might want to look into an educational consultant. It's a complicated topic. I don't know about charters specifically, sorry.

[Anonymous]

Does your child have an IEP and it is not working?

Is the issue covered in your parent handbook?

If school based channels don't work I would imagine you take it to the charter school board.

[Anonymous]

I know of three at our language immersion charter. In all the cases, the school and the parents tried just about everything in the IEP for two yrs, preK and K, before placing them at a private SN school. In all the cases, the school made the suggestion to the parents. The kids are still considered students at the charter so if they have sibs, their sibs got preference in admissions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know of three at our language immersion charter. In all the cases, the school and the parents tried just about everything in the IEP for two yrs, preK and K, before placing them at a private SN school. In all the cases, the school made the suggestion to the parents. The kids are still considered students at the charter so if they have sibs, their sibs got preference in admissions.

Who pays for the private school tuition? The Charter? The Parents? DCPS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know of three at our language immersion charter. In all the cases, the school and the parents tried just about everything in the IEP for two yrs, preK and K, before placing them at a private SN school. In all the cases, the school made the suggestion to the parents. The kids are still considered students at the charter so if they have sibs, their sibs got preference in admissions.

Who pays for the private school tuition? The Charter? The Parents? DCPS?

The charter gets the funding from OSSE to pay the tuition.

[Anonymous]

What were the issues the charter couldn't handle? Related to difficulties in the immersion language?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What were the issues the charter couldn't handle? Related to difficulties in the immersion language?

Combination of learning disabilities and behavioral issues: The kids weren't learning anything, English, Math, the immersion language, etc. even after some or all of the behavioral issues in one case were resolved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know of three at our language immersion charter. In all the cases, the school and the parents tried just about everything in the IEP for two yrs, preK and K, before placing them at a private SN school. In all the cases, the school made the suggestion to the parents. The kids are still considered students at the charter so if they have sibs, their sibs got preference in admissions.

Who pays for the private school tuition? The Charter? The Parents? DCPS?

The charter gets the funding from OSSE to pay the tuition.

Is this a backend way to get private school tuition? Are there some Charters that recommend more than others?

[Anonymous]

PP, are these friends of hours? How do you have such details, when special ed is very confidential?

[Anonymous]

Friends of YOURS, sorry.

Is this process written down somewhere ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know of three at our language immersion charter. In all the cases, the school and the parents tried just about everything in the IEP for two yrs, preK and K, before placing them at a private SN school. In all the cases, the school made the suggestion to the parents. The kids are still considered students at the charter so if they have sibs, their sibs got preference in admissions.

Who pays for the private school tuition? The Charter? The Parents? DCPS?

The charter gets the funding from OSSE to pay the tuition.

Is this a backend way to get private school tuition? Are there some Charters that recommend more than others?

I sincerely doubt it. Sending the child to a SNs private school was the last choice left after trying all kinds of interventions. I know that all the families involved would much prefer that the child stay at the charter. Also, none of the families knew that their child had SN issues prior to them going into preK. A language immersion school is not where a parent would send a child if they suspected SNs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Friends of YOURS, sorry.

Is this process written down somewhere ?

Yes, I'm friends with the parents. I also have a SN child at the school and they were very helpful to me when my child was first diagnosed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Friends of YOURS, sorry.

Is this process written down somewhere ?

It's not and it really depends on the charter since many act as their own LEA. This is how it works at one particular charter so it may not be how other charters are in regards to placement into SN private schools.

[Anonymous]

wouldn't osse try to place the kid in one of their DCPS special ed self contained classrooms rather than going straight to a private placement from charter? It seems like DCPS tries to do everything it can to avoid a private placement, and that includes considering ALL public options