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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They tried this last year and got crushed in their DCPCSB interview with inadequate and embarrassingly bad answers about at risk students, special needs population, etc.[/quote]

3 years ago (2016). [/quote]

Have their issues with serving at-risk and SPED students improved at all?  [/quote]

Parent of kid with IEP. Been there 6 years. If our kid wasn’t being supported appropriately we would leave.

Current HOS is far better. That helps.

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Glad to hear it but how are the overall stats looking?  Because I don't think the importance of this issue has diminished in the eyes of the board, at all.  [/quote]

The numbers of kids with IEPs is still low; much higher number of students with 504s, based on my observations. While the number of students with 504s isn’t released publicly, the team that supports both groups has grown significantly. At-risk student enrollment over time is harder to track because OSSE switched from tracking economically disadvantaged and FARMs students and now uses the narrower at-risk definition, at least in public reports. I assume the PCSB will look closely at that.

The most recent Basis QSR had good feedback with how special ed supports were being delivered. Teacher retention is better now than 3 years ago; student retention at all grades except 8th to 9th is also better (and 8th to 9th in DC is better than at other schools in their network). At the high school lever the achievement gap among demographic groups is narrower than at other schools in the city.

Will be interesting to see how much any new proposal differs from the 2016 version, if and when it is submitted. [/quote]

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