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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've never heard of private school students using public school resources like this. Does it happen in VA and Md too?[/quote]

If your kid is eligible for services, it does not matter if they go to private. They are still eligible for services through the public school system. In any state we have lived, this is the same.  Services are required by the state and the school system is required to provide them to all kids in the district.

As an example, my child has a disease that is chronic and incurable. She is not able to physically attend school consistently.  Homebound services are a joke in the public school system and my child was not getting an education. Even the school system said that they couldn't do it (and I probably could have won private placement if I chose to deal with it). 
 Therefore we cleaned out all of our 401k plan assets and savings accounts to provide her with the education she needs. But there are still some services that she can get through the school (not academics) and you can bet she both deserves those and that I'm not either willing or able to pay for them. I'm furious enough that she isn't getting the education she is eligible for from an academic standpoint and we will pay $60k just to get her the remainder of a high school education that she should have received in public school.
There are a lot of people in private schools who are there as a last resort and paying for it is a real struggle and burden.

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