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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are really pleased with our Arlington middle school for our 2E child with an IEP. We used to be in FCPS in elementary school and idk if it's the county change or the difference between elementary and middle but the new school has been much more accommodating and happy to add services, where I ffelt like everything was a fight with FCPS.[/quote]

This is very helpful. What was the procedure for getting the IEP in place for the Arlington Middle School?
Also, I have seen mixed responses from parents re: FCPS special ed and the "fight" to get accommodations. I wonder what is driving that variation in experience - some seem happy, others have said it was a fight and you need a lawyer (!) which scares me
Do you think it's because FCPS is more crowded and resource-constrained?
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15:21 here - I would guess it is about being resource constrained and also general attitude (which could be school specific). Arlington is certainly crowded, so that can't be it. I'm honestly not sure, but we had to fight tooth and nail to keep speech in fairfax county and to keep pretty much any accomodations, let alone get extra help anywhere. Arlington has added back the speech (which was dropped in grade 4) and co-taught classes, and the case-manager model in middle school is really working for us. (This could exist in ffx as well, we have not done middle school in ffx). I think partly we got lucky with a great teacher as the case manager, but really everyone involved has been supportive and interested in "what else can we do." A big difference from FFX where I felt they viewed it all as a big hassle.[/quote]

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