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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just make sure your kid can keep up with the work and wants to do it. Some kids with IEPs do great in the magnets, while others have a hard time because of the workload/ executive functioning skills. I am not sure how TPMS is, but [b]it is hard at Eastern to modify the assignments or reduce workload. And Eastern has tons of group work,[/b] so your kiddo needs to be comfortable working in groups and knowing others are relying on them to make deadlines.[/quote]

Mother of a kid with a 504 plan who went through Eastern magnet. I don't agree that it's hard to modify assignments or reduce workload at Eastern.  TBH, at the time, what we found was that there was a school-wide culture of disability discrimination at all levels at Eastern.  Once we reached out to the MCPS associate superintendent for special education noting factually Eastern's non-compliance with 504 law, requested accommodations were provided within 24 hours.  This was 5+ years back and most (but not all) of the leadership and teachers engaging in that behavior have left.

I also disagree with the idea that the high degree of group work makes Eastern unsuitable with kids who need accommodation.  IME, group work means that kids naturally accommodate each others strengths and weaknesses - someone has difficulty writing but is good at computer graphics and film-editing, but another kid writes easily and well - jobs are divided accordingly.  Also, kids were graded on their portion of a task, so where one kid didn't do his/her job, other kids weren't dinged for it, IME. [/quote]

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