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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It isn’t politically correct to say so, but mainstreaming of special ed kids has occurred at a cost to grade level and advanced kids, especially at the elementary level.  If I had to go back to public, I would only do so at a school system with a separate magnet track.[/quote]
Wow, this comment is horrifying on so many levels.  I have a severely disabled sibling who was mainstreamed as a child.  I can assure you that mainstreaming took absolutely nothing away from my own public school education, and possibly even enriched my experience and those of the kids around me!

Non-special ed kids with behavioral challenges were a whole other story, and they absolutely did impact my education.  But I assure you they always have been and always will be in every classroom in both public and private schools.

My own kids are in private school.  But only because I selected one with a curriculum that I think really does teach them something very specific that is not available in the public schools.  Not in any way because I am trying to get my own kids away from special ed kids.  Wow.[/quote]

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