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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks everyone. OP here, about to write  a novel:  Yes, unfortunately, the private schools are most likely out of our range. I can't remember the price of the McLean school but I've looked at some private schools in the area and they are around 20 to 30 thousand dollars. Although my husband has a decent rank/pay rate, unfortunately that is still ridiculously out of our price range. We have another child, college savings etc. If my husband were working in the private sector and making 3 times what he makes. Maybe :-)    A school 10,000 or less we would consider, but do many of those exist?  I started the process of looking into an IEP when we found out we would move with just over a month's notice. As you can imagine, I did not get farther than an SST meeting before we moved. I got a little scared when I saw another post here that says they don't want to give you an IEP for ADHD if the overall test scores are still fairly high. This is what bothers me about my son's situation. He tests very well in certain areas and quite low in others. There is a huge disconnect there. I don't want to wait until he is grade levels behind to get him help.  His handwriting and spelling are horrendous, and thankfully this year and part of last we have been working on them at home (long story, but we ended up homeschooling while we are at our current station, but I really do want him in public or private when we move to VA. ) I am considering having him tested for auditory processing disorder. He can't seem to hear certain phonemes in words and I think this is what is making his spelling so atrocious. It is slowly improving with some very rigorous phonics based remediation, but he still just can't seem to hear the phonemes no matter how slowly I break down the word into parts!  His ADHD is mostly innattentive, other than not keeping his hands to himself and at some times becoming a little bit defiant when asked to move to another activity he does not have severe behavioral problems, but he did get in trouble every so often for the above mentioned reasons. I think some of the other students may have found his behavior annoying so it was hard for him to make friends. He doesn't quite get the personal space thing.... I feel like his issues are not big enough for the public schools to take note of, but they are certainly big enough to make our lives a living hell at home. When we weren't homeschooling he would spend a lot of time arguing about doing the writing assignments for his homework. Now that it is spread out more through the day, we have been able to make progress on this, and he doesn't freak out as much about writing, even though it is so hard for him. Now, it's division. Despite being quite smart, and memorizing just about anything else, he has a lot of trouble with his times tables, which makes it very slow going with long division.  Also, he is doing some vision therapy exercises, because he has tracking issues and I think his vision being off alignment makes it really hard for him to line up the numbers properly. Ack! I'm a bit nervous about squeezing in hours of homework in the evening hours amongst scouts, and sports etc.  I would love for him to attend a school that doesn't send home hours of busywork on things he already knows but assigns him thoughtful assignments that help him learn how to think, and also practice and drill some of the things he is already learning. Yes, I know I'm in fantasy land right now, and I would appreciate any thoughtful and non mean comments bringing me back to reality about my expectations. If I am able to find a job, perhaps I can send him to a private school. However, the job market is not great now as it is, especially for a mom who has been at home for the last ten years and has very little experience before that other than nannying, substitute teaching, and teaching English to foreign students. [/quote]

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