NW schools with best IEP services/Inclusive Ed

[Anonymous]

Not my own child so take this with a grain id salt, but a friend’s kid had what appeared to be an outstanding experience at Stoddert.

We are at Thomson and another friend whose kid has an IEP seems impressed with the level of service. And from what I have observed school SPED staff seem very competent and accessible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great experience at Janney, terrible experience at Key ES.

Can you elaborate why the experience at Key was terrible? Considering Key for my kid who will be in PK4 but concerned because he needs OT and ST and I'm not sure what that would look like.

[Anonymous]

We used to be thrilled with key but the last year or two there has been a clear change. There are a few classroom teachers that still make the school worth it for inclusion but you have be lucky.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think you have a very good sense of what the word spectrum means.

You didn’t refute a single thing I said though. It’s disgusting that you have an autistic child, they’ll likely hate you one day for putting down other Autistics.

And you haven’t answered the question: Do you honestly think children who are low functioning and children who are high functioning can be served well in the same classroom? And do try to put aside the race of each child and your personal feelings toward their parents and answer as the professional you claim to be.

Not PP but…
Absolutely! I have had a class where the student was in first grade and we were working on 2nd grade academics and then a 2nd grader working on K.

You do get CES is 3 grade bands anyway right? So you can have a K student and a 2nd grade student in the same classroom….

There are also Gen Ed classrooms that have 2-3 grades. And the terms ‘low and high’ are demeaning, please stop using them.

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Anonymous wrote:^^PP is not just bitter -- she's also wrong. In addition to SWS, there's a HFA inclusion program at Takoma Education Campus (a Title 1 school).

Barely there are some schools that should lose their title 1 status soon enough. I believe that school is one and Tyler ES.

Are you saying Takoma Elementary is barely Title I? Hahahaha. This year, it's 42.2% economically disadvantaged (and 85% Black and Hispanic, in case you're really confused about our demographics), so in no danger of losing Title I status anytime soon... especially since that number includes a robust PK program that is significantly more affluent than the upper grades, and most of those families will leave before the upper grades. That has been the case here for as long as I have lived inbound (8 years). I am guessing PP lives on the Hill and has no idea what's actually going on in upper NW, east of the park, but that's often the case in this forum. (I don't know what's going on at Tyler, nor do I really care... it's a minimum 50 minute drive from my house during rush hour and there's no way I'm sending my kid there.)

Takoma’s CES program is pretty mid to bad though. 2 CES teachers are also leaving this year. The principal is nuts and has no idea what he should do with CES. He only cares about his bonus and has told staff this.