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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Schools have been set up to teach to the middle. Keep kids moving ahead and customize plans for any academic or behavioral challenges to keep all kids in a mainstream classroom.

It didn't work for our children. My child needed a non-public with educators trained in special education. We fought long and hard to get him there which cost a ton of money for lawyers and advocates. The average salaried family or below just doesn't have that privilege. Their kids are pushed along with IEPs that make it appear that their child is learning while they become more and more of a behavioral issue. Because, kids who aren't doing well in school don't act well in the classroom.

[b]You end up with parents who are so beaten down by being gaslit and rejected for support by the school system that they drop their kids off at the door and wash their hands of what happens there during the day because if it were their choice, their child would be somewhere more appropriate anyway. [/b]

Add the pandemic and lack of staff in general. Half the employees who worked from home for a year didn't want to return to the office and saw no point in it. Why do we believe it would be different for students who were able to learn at home with easy 'A's and an everybody passes mentality?

It will take years for this to be sorted out and even longer to improve it. We chose private schools during the pandemic when they remained open because there were no unions keeping them closed.  The kids are just now getting back to what I would consider 'normal'. I can't imagine how long it will take for schools that were closed for 2 years.[/quote]

This is well said, and these sentiments apply beyond students in need of IEPs. If there's one thing I have learned from reading DCUM, it's how much extra privilege and support are required for children to truly thrive in public school today. People use tutors, hired nannies and drivers, counselors, and specialized consultants, plus outsource childcare and household functions to manage work and family life, and still have little left to be present for their kids. I've spent so much time beating myself up and feeling like a failure as a parent, but the pandemic finally made me realize how broken the system is and how it is failing kids.[/quote]

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