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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What matters more in my opinion, is your persistence in making sure your child's needs are met. An unhelpful principal can make it harder, but if you are committed to advocating for your child, many principles will back down. We were in a top school in MCPS where the principal told us that he thought that DS "would never be a success without medication." I disagreed. DS, myself, and his team worked him to help him globally improve. I questioned every change that the team asked for, made a ton of suggestions, spoke with all DS's teachers, worked with DS at home, and asked for recommendations from his team on tools/techniques that we could implement at home. The principal's assessment was dead wrong and almost a year later, he admitted it in a room full of people. 
Also, DS's class usually had an aid, assistant, or Special Ed teacher in the room, most of the time. This will not be the case in all schools, but the ones in the more affluent areas and with more funding tend to have the extra help.[/quote]

I agree about being persistent but it’s not always enough. With one of my kids I was very on top of things, was careful to build good rapport with the teachers, etc but there simply wasn’t enough staff in the building. The principal also presented a friendly face and seemed supportive but just wasn’t willing to make things happen. Also don’t expect an aid/assistant/special educator in the classroom every day. My youngest child’s classroom gets one an hour here and an hour there. So maybe 2 hours a week tops. And we are in an affluent community in a high performing school. I’ve come to believe it is the focus/title 1 schools that have the most support and special ed staff. [/quote]

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