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Bethesda Elementary School, MCPS.

They are an inclusive school, students with special needs are seated in the general ed classrooms, with appropriate pull-outs when necessary. Contrary to general (illegal) practices in MCPS, they are good about evaluating children and creating IEPs.
Most teachers follow through, some need a nudge or two. But it is vastly better than other public school, and I imagine, general private schools, who have no obligation to cater to students with special needs.

We moved so that DS could go to BE. So far after 5 years of school, it's been good. Educating such children is always difficult and constant adjustments must be made, since they are continually growing and transitioning. We are satisfied.

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+1.  We heard this from an attorney who regularly fights MCPS for private placement, that BE was the best for special ed in its cluster.

Personal thumbs down for SPED at CCES.  Principal is terrible about special education, and quite a bully.  I know people who have filed complaints against her.  I know others who have left the school because the principal was so obstructionist and/or because the sped and/or general ed teachers there simply didn't know how to deliver the specialized instruction necessary for pretty simple cases.

However, if you come to the HGC at CCES with an IEP already in place from your home school, then the GT teachers are a bit more knowledgeable and flexible with how to deal with GT/LD or GT/2E issues, and the principal is legal obliged to honor an IEP that comes from another school.

Thumbs down also for RHPS, which in our experience, since it is a K-2 school only, frequently manages to pass the buck to CCES by trying to convince parents that there is really nothing wrong with their child and that they will learn to do whatever by 3rd grade.  They get away with this because the developmental window of what is "normal" is pretty wide until about age 8.

By contrast, Bethesda is no longer part of the pairing system in the cluster.  If your kid goes to BES in K or 1st and has a problem, it is in their interest to remediate early to prevent themselves having a bigger problem to deal with in the later grades (3-5).  The incentive is the reverse for RHPS -- if they can stall an IEP long enough, they can pass the problem to someone else.   Plus, at BES, you won't have to go thru a whole transition with the IEP team at grade 3.

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