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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Yikes on the middle school teacher who thinks the private is best - that's sad (but thank you for your honest perspective on this).

With regard to meds and ADHD, this is something we have recently been considering, and I do wonder if it might help him succeed better in a mainstream environment. Unfortunately, we won't know until we try and probably need to make a decision sooner than we will know. The reason we haven't tried them earlier is a long and semi unrelated story, so I won't go into it, but I do think that may (or may not) support his school performance in the future.

As for it being wishful thinking that he is doing better and can go back into public... Yes, you might be right, and I wonder this myself. On the other hand, the school itself kind of thinks of itself as a place that supports kids in moving back into mainstream, so I don't think it's entirely unlikely. He has been there for 2.5 years, but it feels like a really long time for some reason. I think it's because it's such a small school. Unfortunately, he just doesn't really have much of a trajectory forward there, and I think we all know it. He could probably do another year, but that would mean moving schools for 8th, which would be even tougher than 7th.

We have a meeting with the private school this week, so maybe we'll have a better sense of what they are thinking soon. Similarly to what one PP said, I am wondering if it's better to coddle him more so he is all ready to walk into high school and is more mature at that point - or if we should push it now and give the mainstream private or the public a try. I'm leaning toward the public being just too much of a stretch, but I still think the private has potential.[/quote]

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