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[quote=Anonymous]Depends on the degree of dyslexia, tbh

PP is right — Lab and Siena are the ones to look at. There are some others in Baltimore area.

We were at Siena but it was not a good fit for our kid; as a result, there was not much progress. We blew a lot of money there and kid is now struggling in public high school. Kid cannot fluently read, spell or write a one page essay (this is after years). Struggles with annotation and comprehension. Kid is probably two years behind academically and that’s where they were when they started Siena.

Looking back, I wish we’d stayed with our excellent tutor instead of pulling her for Siena.
You could be better off hiring a too-notch tutor to remediate the dyslexia, if DD likes her current school, you are satisfied there and you have money to throw at the issue.

There are some good teachers at Siena (many have left in recent years) but their tuition keeps going up (it’s $50k last time I checked) and the programs, sports, curriculum aren’t worth it, imo. They hand hold/coddle way too much and they give virtually no homework (typically done in school). The school will use these as selling points (and it works if you choose to keep your kid in their teeny bubble until they graduate). But they can be issues if you move your kid back to public, or frankly, a mainstream private.

People will come on here and defend it. Go see for yourself. Ask hard questions. It works well for some kids and YMMV

Good luck.

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