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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ffx Co schools have latge classes. In fact, the Board just voted to cap class size to 27. As practicing Catholics, we were debating whether to go Catholic school or public especially since we are in a really good school pyramid. We liked the resources the County offered - language immersion, IEPs for things like speech (which Dd needed), convenience/logistics, and no tuition. The things we are put off by are how much mainstreaming is done. DD has some really disruptive kids in her class who are so distracting there are "assistant teachers" to work with the 4 or 5 autistic/add (?) kids. It is still distracting though, and as a volunteer in the class, I witness how much time is wasted on reprimand and discipline and repeating the lesson, etc. My kids aren't old enough yet for the health and sex ed lessons yet, but will most likely opt out. Obviously, that wouldn't be an issue if we were in Cath. school.[/quote] That is a very interesting point, but makes me wonder what the Catholic school does about children who are distracting due to autistic/add/etc since they don't have the county provided extra teachers to help them in class? Do the Catholic Schools refer out those who need assitance and are disruptive to class?[/quote]
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