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[quote=Anonymous]If you want to apply for the MS magnet programs at TPMS or Eastern, from private school, you will need an IEP which lists specific test accommodations in order to get those accommodations on the  MS magnet entrance exam.  If your private school gives you accommodations, but they aren't formalized on an IEP, you may have more difficulty getting testing accommodations.

If you intend to come back to the MS GT/LD program (which is different from the MS magnet programs at TPMS and Eastern), then my understanding is that the MS GT/LD program is NOT an "entry by application" program, but that it is a program for students who are placed there by their IEP team because their homeschool is not able to address their issues.  Typically these GT/LD students are capable of doing GT work but need a classroom which has a general ed teacher paired with one or more special ed teachers or para-educators who support the GT/LD students who are mixed i-n with non-LD students all taking the same advanced class together.

So, either way, you should have an IEP.

My question is -- where are you in the IEP process.  Did you have an IEP and now you are at an annual or triennial review?  Or are you working on getting your first IEP?  What specifically is the difficulty -- are they denying you something you want?  If so, what is their justification?

Regarding the errors -- did you write a letter requesting the changes or did you just point them out orally?  Are you taping the meetings -- if not the fact that you pointed out errors orally just "didn't happen" since there is no evidence of it.

You have a right under FERPA to request corrections to your child's educational record.  If the IEP team has included incorrect data anywhere on your child's record (on the IEP or any other educational records), write a letter, cite FERPA, ask for the specific changes, provide the documentation proving you are right, and then ask them to send you either a copy of the updated IEP when they have made the changes or a letter explaining why they are refusing to make the changes.

Basically, every three years MCPS can ask to re-assess to see if your child still qualifies for the IEP.  If MCPS wants the re-assessment, they must provide it or if you choose you can provide private assessments you arranged and paid for.  So, if you are leaving in 3rd grade, and you are returning in 6th, it is likely that MCPS will try to re-assess and you will have to see if your child still qualifies for an IEP.  It will be easier to keep the IEP if you had it in force all those years you were gone.  (An object in motion tends to stay in motion.)

Have you considered working with an educational advocate?  Our personal experience in MCPS was that no matter how well I knew the law, since I was just a parent, nothing I said counted.  As soon as I hired an advocate to say the same things I had been saying, MCPS could no longer maintain its position and my child was designated GT/LD.[/quote]

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