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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you seeking a self-contained placement or a gen-ed setting?[/quote]

That’s what I am hoping to get more insights on. Whether my child will be able to manage in gen ed with pull outs/ push ins or if he needs self contained [/quote]

Conventional wisdom is that DCPS self contained programs are not very good … but this is conventional wisdom. In your shoes I would absolutely tour all of the autism/CES programs to see what they are like. Unless you think General Ed could be unsafe for your child (eg eloping) or they just truly cannot participate in the instruction, I would probably start out targeting an inclusion program like SWS and go from there. [/quote]
Are parents of kids with IEPs allowed some choice or higher likelihood of lottery-ing into SWS? It feels like that’s a long shot.. And yes, we are planning to ideally move out of the district after kindergarten with better sped program options are better but will be here for kindergarten year . And Thank you [/quote]

Students with IEPs primarily in gen ed (fewer than 20 hours) have the same access to the lottery as anyone else. If you have 20 or more hours, dcps considers them in self contained and will choose which school. For autistic students, CES is for highest needs/intellectual disabilities and ELS is for students who are thought to be able to do more academics.[/quote]

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