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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are two GT/LD MS in MoCo - Lee and North Bethesda.  
To answer other questions - if private doesn't work out we will pull him from the GT/LD program and put him in our local (Newport Mill, so not too thrilled about that) MS.  At least he will have electives and friends from the neighborhood.   We haven't heard back from the privates yet.

The GT/LD program has one resource class, and the rest of his classes are advanced classes and include kids outside the GT/LD program.  When we registered him for the GT/LD MS program at the end of 5th grade (the ES GT/LD), he signed up for electives.  It was only after he started that we realized he didn't have an elective in his schedule.  Only after asking several times were we told was that he was not able to take electives due to the resource class.  But the resource class does not give him the supports (exec functioning etc) that he needs and that are written into his IEP.  He usually does some homework or reads.  So again, no foreign language, no art, no sports (except for two quarters of PE), no electives.  Just core classes.

We've tried all the things that 12:03 suggested.  We've had a long and positive relationship with Marisa, and we are very disappointed by the failure of the county to continue to meed our son's GT/LD needs in MS.   Apparently at Lee (and maybe all MS's), afterschool sports are not available to 6th graders.  [/quote]

Couple of comments.  The resource class would take the place of an elective in any middle school for a kid with an IEP, not just in the GT/LD program.  It's not a punishment -- it's just that there are only so many periods during the day.

I'm surprised the resource class doesn't provide supports, as I thought they were uniform across the county.  At Westland, the resource class does cover executive functioning issues, and the teacher works with kids to manage their agenda and work schedule.  What does Marisa say about your child's resource class being basically a study hall?  That's not acceptable IMO.

And no MS allows after school sports for 6th graders -- I'm talking about the school teams like soccer and basketball.[/quote]

Curious to hear more about Westland's resource class.  What does the teacher do, specifically, to manage the "agenda" and "work schedule"?  Based on our older child's  (who is GT but not 2E) experience with middle school, I am worried about DC#2.  DC#2 will need teachers who pause at the end of every class and give clear homework assignments orally and check DC's planner or who hand out written assignments or who post HW by the end of the day.  DC#2 will also need someone who explicitly asks for homework to be turned in every day.  DC will also need someone in the classroom to help with writing organization.  Does the "resource" class mean that the individual teachers are not providing these services in the classroom?  If so, I can't imagine how it will be effective for DC.

Maybe it is better to be a GT/LD kid in a school that still has an 8 period block schedule like Takoma Park or SSIMS?  In an 8 period block, a kid with an extra, required class (resource or otherwise) will still have time for an elective, yes?[/quote]

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