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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We were at Glebe but didn’t love it; it has a larger degree of economic diversity than other N Arlington schools, which leads to a lot of bragging about diversity, but what we found was economic segregation. I was friends with a (non-white) mother who commented that as soon as you mentioned an ethnic sounding name, many parents got a glazed over look and backed away (figuratively). Also the admin - we have a obviously non-white last name despite being white, and were constantly called about free lunch or made to waive Medicaid during 504 meetings; I asked our friends w/european last names and they didn’t receive the calls or the awkward forms during meetings, so that left a bad taste. The UMC parents were annoying, which is to be expected in the area, I suppose, but the Halls Hill neighborhood seems to attract a thirsty/insecure crowd. A number of the Glebe teachers were awesome, but we had an equal number of abysmal ones. Not great with 504 plans - counselor told us dyslexia can’t be diagnosed until st least 3rd grade (we had a private neuropsych eval and diagnosis, and pointed out research shows poorer outcomes waiting until 3rd); principal told our friends their kid didn’t need adhd meds bc she had adhd and didn’t use them. Main downside to Glebe is that the current boundaries split the school for middle school, then the middle schools also split for high school. So basically our kids would only have continued on with the kids in our neighborhood - and on our street, of the 5 houses that had kids our age, we were the only ones at Glebe! Others were option school, private, etc, so no classmates. Could be fine, but definitely think the Jamestown/nottingham/tuckahoe kids who are together from kinder have an advantage there.

We moved to a different APS school and were much happier. However, families we left behind seem happy, so it’s personal preference. Good luck.[/quote]

Everyone gets the Medicaid form. It allows the school to get reimbursed by Medicaid for any services the school provides to an eligible student. The parents of EVERY child who has an IEP or 504 get one of those forms in the IEP packet.[/quote]

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