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[quote=Anonymous]Our 10th grader is struggling in a few subjects.. he failed two classes first semester of current year and hasn’t improved much this semester. He is smart and doing great socially. He actually did very well the first semester of 9th grade (he was very motivated at the point). However, we are pretty sure he has ADHD inattentive type and in a 3000 students HS has basically fallen through the cracks and everything is overwhelming to him. He has had EF coaches, tutors etc and are getting him formally evaluated in a few weeks. People sometimes say “have you considered transferring him to a private HS with smaller classes?” that sounds like it would be a good option but, what private HS would take him with that low of a GPA!? I do hear about kids being transferred to private in the middle of HS but how does that happen!? How to advocate for our kiddo in that regard? The public HS is massive and very few adults there (including the counselor) are truly making true connections with students, let alone with the quiet, shy, inattentive kids :/. This is MCPS. 
We aren’t familiar with the private school world so would love some sensitive feedback please. Thank you so much. Crossposted.[/quote]

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