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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Special Eduction can mean anything from really mild to very severe.  I would assume it is more because parents in that area can afford the expensive SN privates that typically run $40-70K, that many of us would love to send our kids to but cannot afford.  [/quote]

I don't think Churchill has less number of special needs kids.

I would think that Churchill and Whitman is not too different here when it comes to parents being able to afford 40-70K. Whitman and Churchill, both have 9-11 % students as special education.

I don't live in either and don't know much about both schools, but I recon it may have to do with some special program in Churchill which accommodates kids with severe disability. Otherwise it makes very little sense to see such a huge difference between Whitman and Churchill. [/quote]

Whitman and Churchill both have programs for children whose disabilities are severe enough that they can't attend their home school.  So, both schools pull in a number of kids with disabilities.

However, the kids at Whitman are kids with Intellectual disabilities, often combined with other issues.  They are taught on alternate standards and don't take the SAT.  So their scores are not reflected in these numbers.

The kids at Churchill are kids with emotional and behavioral issues but average range IQ.  Many of these kids have histories of school failure because of interfering behaviors, but they're still on track to get a diploma, and as such some of them do take the SAT.  So their scores are reflected in the number.

Is that the whole story?  Probably not.  But it's one factor. [/quote]

DP, Thanks for taking time to explain. [/quote]

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