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And I guess the other question is, how do we help her in a future where she won't any friends? I would never let my child be friends with someone who was kicked out of school, so I am sure the parents in her new public will feel the same. [/quote]

How would other parents know she'd been kicked out?  Also, how does this experience not teach you that some kids who need to leave a school are good kids who deserve friends?

Have you tried medicating for the anxiety?  If it's severe enough to be leading to a school placement, then medication and therapy are probably warranted.[/quote]

No, two different psychiatrists said meds weren't warranted and refused to prescribe.

They would know she was kicked out because 5th grade (next year) isn't an entrance/outplacement year. [/quote]

I have a 4th grader and a 6th grader at public. I promise they know so little about private school that they would have no idea a kid was coming to public because they were counseled out. Your child simply says "Public was a better fit for me," all kids in her class buy it, and you move on.

Kids at that age are very capable of deciding whether they want to hang out with your child on their own or not. As parents of one tough-to-be-friends-with kid, we try to have pretty frank conversations about how to interact in ways that will be better for retaining friends.[/quote]

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