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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a new poster and OP I don't want to hijack your thread. Just looking for some clarification as a new mom on this road...

For those that pulled their kids from public school or would go back in time to decline services... what is the alternative? Do the kids go to special schools? [/quote]

My child has inattentive adhd and orthographic dyslexia. His spelling and writing were absolutely awful in third grade. I bought apples and pears spelling program (it’s British). My son did 100 lessons on on one with me everyday over 4 months. I also had him do Kumon math. I pulled him out of most activities and because I work part time I often picked him up from school early during 3rd grade.  I found the cheapest private school that had small class sizes and structure- textbooks, workbooks, every in class assignment and homework assignment was listed by Saturday morning for the following week. We aren’t even that religious but that was the only thing we could afford. They accepted him for fourth grade and even though it was tough for my son to get used to the structure he thrived. He got more help there than the public school. Both his first and third grade teacher told me they couldn’t do anything for him unless we put him on meds. His 504 plan was useless and we refused an offer to assess him for special Ed because the special Ed teacher there was really awful. [/quote]

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