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[quote=Anonymous]So, I think there are some thing you are going to need to figure out.

You can absolutely try for a COSA if the physical plant of a neighboring school is going to be easier for your child to navigate. While every MCPS school is *technically* ADA compliant, some are very old and the ADA-compliant solutions are difficult to navigate.

What you can't do is advocate for a small mainstream classroom. It's simply not one of your choices. You can advocate for a non-mainstream placement, which is likely to have smaller ratios, but those are hard to get and maybe not the best choice for a child whose main issue is mobility.

There's also going to be a need to shift expectations. MCPS is not obligated to provide your student (or any student) with the optimal educational environment. As PPs have said, a lot of kids with and without special needs would do better in smaller classes but that's not on the table for most kids, in part because there isn't enough space/teachers to go around and in part because creating a small class of SN kids is going to be a FERPA violation in a lot of cases.

The task is to figure out what your child needs rather than what would be optimal and make sure you get those things. [/quote]

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