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To follow-up on my longer post, I do think you could use the advice of a professional who would be knowledgeable about the charter schools in DC as well as the smaller private schools in Maryland and Virginia.  It does seem as if you want to balance out the academic rigor of any place with her abilities so that the next 4 years of high school are just not one big "push" on your part and her part to get her through.  I do not know the requirements for a regular high school diploma at this time, but if there is an area that she will not be able to do, then being in a rigorous h.s. makes less sense.  I would look for a setting that would continue to build upon her academic areas of strength and then move her forward in a sensible manner in other core areas - such as using a calculator for math since her short term memory does not work there.

Our oldest lives in MoCo, and from what she hears from teen sitters all of the good high schools are super large like 2,500 - 3,000.  I think you want a setting that will be empathetic to your daughter's needs and still have standards.  I do think DCPS is a real mess, and in part this is why the students with the most significant disabilities go to the 30 million dollar charter school St. Coletta (not parochial).  Perhaps there is a smaller, charter school that does a good job with students whose abilities are generally reflective of their intelligence.  I would also counsel that a girls' school might be a more positive placement at this point in life.  Looking under the Parochial School listing I saw:

- Brookwood - a small girls school in Kensington
Service to Students with Special Needs
Small class sizes help many young women with special needs to thrive at Brookewood. The school offers preferential seating, extra-time on tests, note-taking assistance, frequent meetings with parents, and time and place availability for family-provided tutoring at school.

- St. Vincent Pallotti High School in Laurel MD
The Learning Center at Pallotti provides individualized programs of support and reinforcement for an additional fee for students with mild to moderate learning disabilities. Diagnostic testing and an interview are required prior to admittance. Only 10-15 openings are available each year, so early application is highly recommended.

It is important that you visit the schools first and then find out how early your daughter might go visit any place as some private schools in our area have visiting days starting in the fall.  
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