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OP - I would not dwell on the past, but deal with the present situation.  You owe it to your daughter to have her evaluated probably privately so that she will have a clear understanding of her strengths and weaknesses and the recommendations which will help her deal with any areas of weakness.  Then, you will have the information in hand to go to the school division and to request an IEP be put in place for next fall which sounds like it will be her junior year in high school.  Or if strategies are recommended that you could provide privately, you will have time to locate the providers and start using them over the summer if remediation is needed.

To be clear, you are really dealing with her future if she wants to go onto the college of her choice and then even beyond that.  If she has a struggling record in high school that will limit college options.  And it is well known that colleges expect detailed information on the disability for any accommodations requested.  Besides giving her the best academic opportunity in the years ahead, you also want to keep her personal view of herself as positive as possible, too.  Discovering she has learning needs or differences and the reason why she has been struggling will go a long way on both accounts.

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