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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hard to say OP- mcps has been sufficient for my gifted DC in high school.  For my smart, but not gifted younger DC with an LD it has been a nightmare- the standards are really low if you're not in advanced classes.  I had to basically educate this child myself. The quality of education has gone down even in the last few yeaes. I would say to pay for private if you can afford to.[/quote]

Of course you had to supplement your LD child to help them keep up, Parents will always be the primary educators not secondary esp if they need more. [/quote]

I think the issue for PP is that her older, advanced child doesn't need so much supplementing because MCPS does a good job offering that in school.

In DCPS this is flipped -- if you have an advanced student, you will have to do a ton of supplementing and be way more involved in their education. But if your child has LDs or needs help getting to grade level, DCPS has a lot of programming and money focused on students in this category and while parents of SN kids will always need to be involved, you may have an easier time accessing a good situation for your child.

It's very hard for schools to do both. That's why when parents have kids in both categories, you often see them going private or trying specialized charters with the one who isn't being well served. In DC, that's why you see a lot of advanced kids in privates and the charter system, but in MCPS it's flipped and a lot of kids with LDs go to specialized privates (if they can afford it) to get those needs met.[/quote]

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