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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Nora School used to accept anyone and everyone, as a small independent school it was happy to have almost anyone. In the last years it has become more rigorous and taken a more serious approach to college prep. Historically, TNS was originally the Washington Ethical HS, known for smoking cigarettes in class and weed on the porch. It renamed itself in the early 2000's. The school accepts a wide variety of students but is best known for its EF programming and structured supports for students. Though some students w/ autism would do well there, it is by no means a socio-pragmatic program or an ASD specialized school. Any psychologist that is spreading data that TNS is 1/3 ASD, is out of their depth. TNS is a good rebound/rebuild school, but not a choice for a typically competitive or ambitious student. The school has a weak athletic program and has a left-leaning curriculum that is rooted in SJ. [/quote]

As a current parent, I agree with most of this, except for the unnecessary criticism of what it may or may not have been like 30 years ago.

I don't know the actual percentage of autistic kids, but based on my child's friends, I'd say the percentage is high. But it doesn't have any "autism therapies" like ABA, which for me and many other parents of autistic teens is a good thing.

I don't know what you mean by "rebound" school. It's a great fit for my child, but he's not rebounding or rebuilding from anything. No one is there in order to get an edge on competitive college admissions and, again, that's a good thing.

It's not that it has a weak athletic program, it has almost no athletic program. It doesn't field losing teams -- it offers essentially rec teams in one sport per season that plays a handful of non-competitive against like minded schools.[/quote]

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