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[quote=Anonymous]My child has been in several special ed/private placements and they have all had long bus rides-more than an hour one way in most cases. It is common in these private placement schools. 
The only way to make it bearable for a child is to have unlimited bus screen time (Ipad, DS, kindle etc).

It sucks and if you are at the point where you are considering a distant private placement, you are already in a place where you don't have any good choices. The schools are very antisocial--there are NO opportunities to meet other families, there are NO events at school where parents are invited, there are no PTAs, there are no school directories, it is very difficult to invite children to parties (you have to send in paper invitations and hope for the best because you don't have any contact info for the families). Children move in and out of the schools/classrooms. There is insane staff/teacher/aide turnover.

You don't really know anything going on at the school, because it is so far away.

If you are willing to share more about the schools you are considering, I could probably give more detailed feedback.

If I could travel back in time I would have homeschooled my ds for a year and done intensive therapy to try to get him back in public school. I have a very very low opinion on these private special ed schools that take public money. 
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