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[quote=Anonymous]There may not be anyone here with a situation similar to ours, as almost every post I see on DCUM about dissatisfaction with DCPS and DC charters is concerned about lack of rigor.

My daughter has learning disabilities and inattentiveness (just starting to try meds, haven't found something that works yet). She is particularly weak in reading comprehension, including very poor inferences and inability to guess unfamiliar vocabulary through context clues. She also doesn't recognize different forms of words she knows (eg. she knows what possible means, but can't tell you what possibility means).

Yes, we tutor, yes we have considered Lab (and have done Lab summer school). Assume for the sake of this question we are sticking with public schools only.

We are in 5th grade in a charter that goes through 8th grade in D.C., and I am not confident the school's special ed ELA instruction (along with tutoring) is going to get her to competent reading.

Is Swanson Middle School strong in this department? What about Jefferson?[/quote]

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