Why is the Foxhall Community Citizens Association scared of public school children?

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Anonymous wrote:Its a private school type of area, private schools need support. I could ask why you are scared of handicap kids from the Lab school.

Our neighbor's kid goes to Lab on tax payers' dime. The kid is neither disabled nor poor. The dad knows how to get others to pay for his private tuition. Talking about white privilege.

DCPS hasn't voluntarily placed students at Lab -- or any private school -- in about 15 years.

Just a note that Lab School specifically serves kids with average or above average intelligence, and mostly with language based learning differences. This is a group that public schools really fail to serve, which is how folks end up with private placements.

So, to the PP, a child might not appear "disabled" unless your version of hanging out with neighbors includes asking a child to decode a written text while you stand there.

Most Lab school students do not have learning disabilities. They typically pay thousands of dollars to private school psychologists to put together tailored test results that will enable them to sue the city or county for funding to elite private schools like Lab. It's a more elite, more politically-connected version of a charter school that feeds graduates to certain private colleges. Look at the colleges that their graduates are admitted to. All you have to do is take a tour and ask for this information. They are very proud of their pipeline of white privilege. You can also take a tour and look at the students in the classrooms. The lower school classrooms are indistinguishable from a public elementary school in a high income school district.

Interesting. As a child who is on grade level with an IEP, I’ve been confused by who gets placed at LAB. Especially since they don’t take kids with disruptive behavior, which is the most frequent reason a kid with normal IQ would need a private placement ….

A long time ago -- like during the Grey administration -- DC stopped voluntarily outplacing kids who weren't extremely challenged. The only way to get into a place like Lab these days as a public-pay student is to sue and win. There is a cottage industry of lawyers who specialize in these cases.

Note that charter schools are on their own when it comes to these cases. If word gets out that a charter is not good at defending itself well the lawyers will steer their clients' children there. In theory, a student only has to attend a charter for one day for that school to be on the hook for the entire k-12 education at a private school.

Note also that once this policy change happened a couple of special-ed schools went bankrupt and a couple more went to the brink, like Ivymount. People at Lab talk about how the city "pulled the rug out from under them."

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Anonymous wrote:Its a private school type of area, private schools need support. I could ask why you are scared of handicap kids from the Lab school.

Our neighbor's kid goes to Lab on tax payers' dime. The kid is neither disabled nor poor. The dad knows how to get others to pay for his private tuition. Talking about white privilege.

DCPS hasn't voluntarily placed students at Lab -- or any private school -- in about 15 years.

Just a note that Lab School specifically serves kids with average or above average intelligence, and mostly with language based learning differences. This is a group that public schools really fail to serve, which is how folks end up with private placements.

So, to the PP, a child might not appear "disabled" unless your version of hanging out with neighbors includes asking a child to decode a written text while you stand there.

Most Lab school students do not have learning disabilities. They typically pay thousands of dollars to private school psychologists to put together tailored test results that will enable them to sue the city or county for funding to elite private schools like Lab. It's a more elite, more politically-connected version of a charter school that feeds graduates to certain private colleges. Look at the colleges that their graduates are admitted to. All you have to do is take a tour and ask for this information. They are very proud of their pipeline of white privilege. You can also take a tour and look at the students in the classrooms. The lower school classrooms are indistinguishable from a public elementary school in a high income school district.

Lots and lots of private schools cater to these same kids: good behavior, average or above-average intelligence, they just need a little extra help learning. And of course they have parents willing to shell out $50K or so for tuition. The difference is that they don't have the history of public dollar support that Lab has.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Its a private school type of area, private schools need support. I could ask why you are scared of handicap kids from the Lab school.

Our neighbor's kid goes to Lab on tax payers' dime. The kid is neither disabled nor poor. The dad knows how to get others to pay for his private tuition. Talking about white privilege.

DCPS hasn't voluntarily placed students at Lab -- or any private school -- in about 15 years.

Just a note that Lab School specifically serves kids with average or above average intelligence, and mostly with language based learning differences. This is a group that public schools really fail to serve, which is how folks end up with private placements.

So, to the PP, a child might not appear "disabled" unless your version of hanging out with neighbors includes asking a child to decode a written text while you stand there.

Most Lab school students do not have learning disabilities. They typically pay thousands of dollars to private school psychologists to put together tailored test results that will enable them to sue the city or county for funding to elite private schools like Lab. It's a more elite, more politically-connected version of a charter school that feeds graduates to certain private colleges. Look at the colleges that their graduates are admitted to. All you have to do is take a tour and ask for this information. They are very proud of their pipeline of white privilege. You can also take a tour and look at the students in the classrooms. The lower school classrooms are indistinguishable from a public elementary school in a high income school district.

If you really want to see a racket you should look into the cottage industry of diagnosing high school kids so that they get "accommodations" on standardized tests like the SAT.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Its a private school type of area, private schools need support. I could ask why you are scared of handicap kids from the Lab school.

Our neighbor's kid goes to Lab on tax payers' dime. The kid is neither disabled nor poor. The dad knows how to get others to pay for his private tuition. Talking about white privilege.

DCPS hasn't voluntarily placed students at Lab -- or any private school -- in about 15 years.

Just a note that Lab School specifically serves kids with average or above average intelligence, and mostly with language based learning differences. This is a group that public schools really fail to serve, which is how folks end up with private placements.

So, to the PP, a child might not appear "disabled" unless your version of hanging out with neighbors includes asking a child to decode a written text while you stand there.

Most Lab school students do not have learning disabilities. They typically pay thousands of dollars to private school psychologists to put together tailored test results that will enable them to sue the city or county for funding to elite private schools like Lab. It's a more elite, more politically-connected version of a charter school that feeds graduates to certain private colleges. Look at the colleges that their graduates are admitted to. All you have to do is take a tour and ask for this information. They are very proud of their pipeline of white privilege. You can also take a tour and look at the students in the classrooms. The lower school classrooms are indistinguishable from a public elementary school in a high income school district.

I've read that in DC, white kids with an IEP score higher on average on the PARCC than the system-wide average.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its a private school type of area, private schools need support. I could ask why you are scared of handicap kids from the Lab school.

Our neighbor's kid goes to Lab on tax payers' dime. The kid is neither disabled nor poor. The dad knows how to get others to pay for his private tuition. Talking about white privilege.

DCPS hasn't voluntarily placed students at Lab -- or any private school -- in about 15 years.

Just a note that Lab School specifically serves kids with average or above average intelligence, and mostly with language based learning differences. This is a group that public schools really fail to serve, which is how folks end up with private placements.

So, to the PP, a child might not appear "disabled" unless your version of hanging out with neighbors includes asking a child to decode a written text while you stand there.

Most Lab school students do not have learning disabilities. They typically pay thousands of dollars to private school psychologists to put together tailored test results that will enable them to sue the city or county for funding to elite private schools like Lab. It's a more elite, more politically-connected version of a charter school that feeds graduates to certain private colleges. Look at the colleges that their graduates are admitted to. All you have to do is take a tour and ask for this information. They are very proud of their pipeline of white privilege. You can also take a tour and look at the students in the classrooms. The lower school classrooms are indistinguishable from a public elementary school in a high income school district.

I've read that in DC, white kids with an IEP score higher on average on the PARCC than the system-wide average.

I believe it. However, you definitely want my white kid to have his IEP. Trust me.