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[quote=Anonymous]It's key that you say he asked why his application was rejected "and others were granted." He needs to be asking FCPS why his was rejected, but he should never ask why others WERE granted; no school system is ever going to give out information about one child or family to another. They may talk to him about his child's own case but not about any reasons why others were granted. The school offices will get very resistant if he asks why other children were granted placement.

When the principal told him to ask FCPS, it would have helped if the dad, then and there, had countered with "OK, please write down the name of the office I need to call, the phone number and the contact person for questions about placements -- I'll wait right here." But that's hindsight, and if he has limited communcations skills in English he just might not have thought of that on the spot. But that's what I'd do now -- ask the school's office staff just that. He's only asking for contact information,  not for specifics of his own case or anyone else's, so if they are balky, he may have to reiterate that he is simply asking for the correct office and number at FCPS, and the [i]principal [/i]referred him to FCPS.

Some folks posting are questioning [i]why[/i] he wanted his child placed, but the question seems to me to be about what he should do next to ask his question, and where he can get information. Why he wanted his child placed is between him, his family and the school. [/quote]

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