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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If so, how’s it going? Looking for middle school and above experiences.  If a private school and you’re willing to share name, that’d be appreciated.  Also interested in cabin John/Churchill experiences.  Thanks!! [/quote]

Our DC was in public school from K-12.  He is now in his first year at college.  We are in Fairfax County, McLean pyrimid.  Twice we looked at private,once in 3rd grade and once in 7th grade.  Middle School was very difficult from the parent/administration side.  He did well, but we had to fight to keep his accommodations and educate about his mix of issues.  He was and is a complex kid.  HS, on the other hand, was really great.  [/quote]

Hi--I am in this pyramid and was considering going private for middle school and then public for high. Can you share what was different about the experience?[/quote]

Things are a bit different now.  At the middle school,  Head of Special Ed’s first day was also my DC’s first day and thus hadn’t had enough experience to get her spine.  She has it now, which is a good thing.  There is a lack of desire at the top for kids in the advanced classes to have many accommodations, but it is doable and they have done it.  DC had to advocate in the classroom (which was a good thing)and “turned” many teachers.  (His 7th grade science teacher was the most against all of his accommodations, but she was his biggest advocate by the end of the year).  It was hard for him to be the ginnea pig. I have heard from people down the change that somethings are better.  What turned the course for us in MS was getting to the right person at “Gatehouse”, who came and educated the administration and the reading teacher in 7th grade.  She basically reiterated everything was had been saying and backed us up.

At the HS, the Head of Special ED- for LDs was great.  DC or I would contact her is there was a problem.  The biggest problem was getting his electronic books in a timely manner.  I am a member of SEPTA’s special populations subcommittee and one of my goals is to have someone in the county be the person (or maybe two or three) who knows how to do this inside and out and can do it faster.  There was too much of a learning curve at the HS level as they do not have to do this very often in the classes that DC was taking.  At the HS, his teachers were all on board.  DC would email them at the beginning of each year introducing himself and seeing if they had any questions regarding his accommodations.  From 6th grade or so, we slowly stepped back.  Because of the contentiousness of his 7th grade IEP, he did not attend, but he attended all the ones after that.  By, 11th grade he was running the show and we were in the room, but as backup.  Another thing I have on my goal sheeet is to improve the transition from HS to college.  The experience at the HS was mainly for NOVA and GMU and nothing beyond.  Again, it may have to be a few people in the county to become experts in this as there are not enough students at the HS level to foster expertise.  DC had a great HS experience and was able to excell in the advanced classes with his accommodations.  [/quote]

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