Burke School (FCPS)

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have experience with this school for a child with HFA and school refusal/noncompliant behavior? This is not Edmund Burke or the Burke, VA neighborhood schools. I am referring to the self contained center school.

[Anonymous]

I've worked there in the past. It's a very supportive, structured environment. There are also students there with severe emotional disabilities and behaviors that match. You should go tour the school.

[Anonymous]

I was told in an IEP meeting that only some of the children there have IEPs. The rest of the students had to leave their assigned schools for disciplinary reasons. I was also told that most of the students were not on grade level, after a lot of dodging the question, “we differentiate for every child” crapola.

I have a child with HFA who does not do well with the kind of points/earning privileges systems that are popular in that environment.

I would go tour it and see for yourself.

[Anonymous]

Every kid there has an IEP. I have personally sent many GT kids there who had behavioral issues that meant a gen ed setting would not work. The staff is highly skilled at programming for kids. Unfortunately, in the county they lump HFS with ED. As an ED teacher, I don’t think it’s appropriate, but that’s the reality.,

[Anonymous]

Do you mean AAP kids?

[Anonymous]

Yes. Whatever the current term is.

[Anonymous]

This is OP. Thanks for the feedback. Anyone else with any info on Burke? We toured and were very impressed. They have a new Aspire program that is only for kids on the spectrum or with the aspects as kids on the spectrum versus ED.