Reply to Realistic chance of private placemt in DCPS

Forum Index » Kids With Special Needs and Disabilities

Reply to "Realistic chance of private placemt in DCPS"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP. is this from recent experience? My understanding is that even with teh school supporting and a good consultant, the central office is under a lot of pressure to reduce private placements and come up with alternatives in the system -- even if the local school is supporting a private placement.[/quote]

Relatively recent, it is since OSSE started to push hard for placements within the system.

DCPS is aligned at the top with that directive, but not without individuals who are closer to the student and may know of better alternatives.  OSSE's difficulty is that there is actually very little to offer within the public system.  If you can establish that your child doesn't fall within the proscribed boxes they have programs for, then that is your path to a non-public placement.  An advocate who does testing, or a testing report that is independent of DCPS is what you need.  As long as DCPS is paying the bill for the expert, the expert can write a report which suggests DCPS can accommodate your child's needs.  An outside, independent expert isn't constrained by those contracts/loyalties/etc.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics