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[quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry you are dealing with this in addition to other challenges, OP.

Situations like this are why I get frustrated by the DCUM posters whose only advice to potential MCPS parents is "Whitman or Bust" because a school like Whitman is not actually the right choice for every child.

Whitman has one of the highest rates of kids identified as having special needs in MCPS, higher even than the other schools that host SESES programs. However, the number of special education staff is not commensurately higher. So, staff are overwhelmed with a combination of kids with significant behavioral needs, kids with serious LDs but no or limited behavioral needs, and kids with minimal needs whose parents are holding on for additional time on standardized tests.

There's also an assumption that the kids in the middle group (LDs but no behaviors) are getting external therapies because of course everyone has time/money for extensive external support.

It's true that MCPS does dyslexia poorly in general, but there are a lot of other factors going into why OP is having a particularly bad experience at WWHS. [/quote]

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