Recommend a school for 2e 11 yo DD

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Anonymous wrote:
I can tell you about my personal experience -we applied, they met my kid, were very excited, and and everything seemed to be going great... until we disclosed our child's ADHD. Then they did a complete 180, started stammering about how they are not a special needs school, started prefacing everything they said with... "but the ADHD" and basically told us this is not the place for us. From what I was able to lean anecdotally, they had what they viewed as a bad experience with a kid with ADHD not too long beforehand. The way I see it, we dodged a bullet.

We had a similar bad experience in looking into Ideaventions a few years ago for our 2e (dyslexia/dysgraphia and gifted). It was the weirdest conversation. They were super positive, excited to talk to us, and then would be like, "oh, but, there's THIS concern that might cause a problem" and we'd respond with how we had addressed something similar and suggested X, Y, and Z as solutions, and were confident it wouldn't be an issue, and they'd say, "Great! That's so good to hear. Oh, but wait, maybe THIS could be an issue..." and we'd explain why no, that's not really an issue for our particular situation, and on and on. We finally figured out that they simply DID NOT WANT a 2e kid but didn't want to come out and say it. It was so frustrating and time wasting. We thought we were in a conversation about possible issues and how we could work together to address them, and they were just trying to throw up roadblocks to make us back off. Very annoying. Cannot recommend for any child who isn't thoroughly neurotypical (other than giftedness and mathematically/scientifically inclined).

[Anonymous]

I have two 2e's (one boy with a learning difference and one girl with ADHD and anxiety) and they've attended both Burgundy Farms and Congressional (the switch was due to a move and commute issues, not the school), and both schools were great for them.

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Anonymous wrote:I have two 2e's (one boy with a learning difference and one girl with ADHD and anxiety) and they've attended both Burgundy Farms and Congressional (the switch was due to a move and commute issues, not the school), and both schools were great for them.

I don't think these will be as good a fit for the OP. I don't see them meeting the needs of a *profoundly* gifted child and there's a lot of group and project work, which OP wanted to avoid.

[Anonymous]

OP here - again thanks for all of the input - I am doing a ton of research on the side as well. I am going to come back with a summary of recommendations and commentary so if anyone else ever goes looking they'll have it

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Virginia Academy

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My ASD child who’s gifted in math is doing well at BASIS DC.

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We had a similar bad experience in looking into Ideaventions a few years ago for our 2e (dyslexia/dysgraphia and gifted). It was the weirdest conversation. They were super positive, excited to talk to us, and then would be like, "oh, but, there's THIS concern that might cause a problem" and we'd respond with how we had addressed something similar and suggested X, Y, and Z as solutions, and were confident it wouldn't be an issue, and they'd say, "Great! That's so good to hear. Oh, but wait, maybe THIS could be an issue..." and we'd explain why no, that's not really an issue for our particular situation, and on and on. We finally figured out that they simply DID NOT WANT a 2e kid but didn't want to come out and say it. It was so frustrating and time wasting. We thought we were in a conversation about possible issues and how we could work together to address them, and they were just trying to throw up roadblocks to make us back off. Very annoying. Cannot recommend for any child who isn't thoroughly neurotypical (other than giftedness and mathematically/scientifically inclined).

I almost thought I had written the above post. It was so similar to our experience interviewing at that school!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

We had a similar bad experience in looking into Ideaventions a few years ago for our 2e (dyslexia/dysgraphia and gifted). It was the weirdest conversation. They were super positive, excited to talk to us, and then would be like, "oh, but, there's THIS concern that might cause a problem" and we'd respond with how we had addressed something similar and suggested X, Y, and Z as solutions, and were confident it wouldn't be an issue, and they'd say, "Great! That's so good to hear. Oh, but wait, maybe THIS could be an issue..." and we'd explain why no, that's not really an issue for our particular situation, and on and on. We finally figured out that they simply DID NOT WANT a 2e kid but didn't want to come out and say it. It was so frustrating and time wasting. We thought we were in a conversation about possible issues and how we could work together to address them, and they were just trying to throw up roadblocks to make us back off. Very annoying. Cannot recommend for any child who isn't thoroughly neurotypical (other than giftedness and mathematically/scientifically inclined).

I almost thought I had written the above post. It was so similar to our experience interviewing at that school!

PP here. I seriously wish I could put a big flashing notice on their website or something, non-neurotypical need not apply! I have no problem with a school that can’t or doesn’t want to meet the needs of a different learner, but don’t pretend that you have no issue with these kids and would be happy to take them, but then hint and insinuate about all the problems and concerns they might face. Just come out and say your school isn’t the right fit for a child with that profile. Save everyone time and frustration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

We had a similar bad experience in looking into Ideaventions a few years ago for our 2e (dyslexia/dysgraphia and gifted). It was the weirdest conversation. They were super positive, excited to talk to us, and then would be like, "oh, but, there's THIS concern that might cause a problem" and we'd respond with how we had addressed something similar and suggested X, Y, and Z as solutions, and were confident it wouldn't be an issue, and they'd say, "Great! That's so good to hear. Oh, but wait, maybe THIS could be an issue..." and we'd explain why no, that's not really an issue for our particular situation, and on and on. We finally figured out that they simply DID NOT WANT a 2e kid but didn't want to come out and say it. It was so frustrating and time wasting. We thought we were in a conversation about possible issues and how we could work together to address them, and they were just trying to throw up roadblocks to make us back off. Very annoying. Cannot recommend for any child who isn't thoroughly neurotypical (other than giftedness and mathematically/scientifically inclined).

I almost thought I had written the above post. It was so similar to our experience interviewing at that school!

PP here. I seriously wish I could put a big flashing notice on their website or something, non-neurotypical need not apply! I have no problem with a school that can’t or doesn’t want to meet the needs of a different learner, but don’t pretend that you have no issue with these kids and would be happy to take them, but then hint and insinuate about all the problems and concerns they might face. Just come out and say your school isn’t the right fit for a child with that profile. Save everyone time and frustration.

Seriously.

- PP with ADHD kid

[Anonymous]

We’ve had a good experience at Fusion 1:1 in DC for our 2E school.

We had an odd experience with sycamore after our child was admitted / and liked it a lot! Suffice to say it the head of school freaked out when we circled back to ask a few academic questions since it was the first place child was admitted / we had learned a lot about what questions to ask in interceding month of admission visits and tours. (We previewed questions with education consultant who said they seemed perfectly fine.) After that reaction though, I would never send any kid I cared about there. It’s too small for erratic leadership. We liked everything else though. Very nice admissions director.

BTW A board member later described it to me as a “startup” and that isn’t what we were looking for anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:We’ve had a good experience at Fusion 1:1 in DC for our 2E school.

We had an odd experience with sycamore after our child was admitted / and liked it a lot! Suffice to say it the head of school freaked out when we circled back to ask a few academic questions since it was the first place child was admitted / we had learned a lot about what questions to ask in interceding month of admission visits and tours. (We previewed questions with education consultant who said they seemed perfectly fine.) After that reaction though, I would never send any kid I cared about there. It’s too small for erratic leadership. We liked everything else though. Very nice admissions director.

BTW A board member later described it to me as a “startup” and that isn’t what we were looking for anyway.

What were your specific academic concerns about how Sycamore works?