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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Haven't people on this board been talking for a while about how SWW doesn't seem to admit many special needs kids? Or am I thinking of a different school?[/quote]

There is an entrance exam that tests academic skills and they (SWW admin) set a score minimum each year, I believe. So if a kid has special needs and is not at grade level or struggles academically, they likely won't reach the minimum score. 
It's an academic high school, there are requirements to get in.

Also, the teachers are not special ed teachers. [/quote]

Please, don't speak of something which you know nothing about.  Some of us do have "SN" kids who excelled at the entrance exam, were admitted and don't require a special ed teacher -- in fact my student hasn't had a special ed teacher since maybe 3rd grade.  [b]Once admitted the school purposely and illegally doesn't implement their IEPs or 504s in hopes of getting the child to withdraw.[/b]  In my DC's case after meeting with this principal multiple times, basically being told our child was not welcome at the school we move our child to our IB high school, where the IEP was easily implemented, did not require a special ed teacher and said child is now in engineering program at top 10 university.  Clearly bright kid who needed some supports.  BTW, University happily implements the accommodations too. This isn't rocket science on how it is done.  Just lazy leadership.[/quote]

How on earth has there not been [b]a lawsuit about this?[/b] I can't imagine how someone in this city hasn't sued the pants off them.[/quote]

As a parent of a child with an IEP I will share a few perspectives on this.
1 - There is a point in time you need to cut your losses and move forward.   Making the case for systemic failing to provide services is hard.   It is emotionally draining and reliving the trauma is not always something that is worth the end point.
2 - When you do submit a complaint, you need to think about what you are looking to accomplish.   Lawsuits are expensive and in some cases providing evidence of lack of FAPE is hard.   Kids do not fully understand their rights AND teens typically do not want to feel any different from their classmates.   To give you a sense of cost for some lawsuits, there are a handful of lawyers known for success with special education complaints with DCPS.   A $25K retainer is numbers I have heard.

The governance across DCPS of special education is not strong.  It is very teacher specific.  [/quote]

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