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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They're overwhelmed and can't give you what you want. They won't care at all, because they are stretched thin to address other children's more pressing needs than yours.

I've had my son go through MCPS from K to 12 with an IEP. I've met many parents who complain about not getting what their kids need. That is because there is a hierarchy of need and not everyone gets all their needs met. [b]The ones who complain are always the ones whose kids have the lightest needs.[/b]

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The ones who fight at the ones whose kids get more services.[/quote]

PP you replied to. No. We did not have to fight - his needs were self-evident. We did have to pay for 5K neuropsychs (2 of them) and suggest placement ideas for middle school, because his elementary IEP team had no clue. But they set up a ton of services and accommodations for his elementary years, above and beyond what we had asked for.

I have a second child with much lighter needs, and some of them are not accommodated. That's OK. Not everything needs to be full-service. Resources must be preserved for the more severely-impacted children. I know this, and I've lived this. I entirely understand that MCPS and other public schools, prioritize certain cases.

As for writing a letter to a large public school system? Ha. That's like sending your thoughts into a black hole. [b]If you want exposure, you'd do better to get the media involved in some way. Contact WaPo's education desk and have them investigate the consequences of the planned reduction in Special Needs services across the board. At least that would be useful, [/b]and involves the well-being of thousands of students. No one cares about just one student.

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Oh my word. Pleeeeeease don’t do this, OP. I’ma former teacher and SPED parent. We’re already having trouble keeping SPED teachers. If you chase some out with this witch hunt, nobody is coming after them. I live in Virginia, but a news article about how some kids didn’t get his needs met might still demoralize my kid’s SPED teacher. My kids had behaviors, so no private school in town will take him. We are very dependent on the public schools. Just move away. They know you’re not happy. [/quote]

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