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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]We do know that the school sent the decline to enroll in February, which is too late to transfer elsewhere[/quote]

I am in full agreement that they should have let the family know of the decline earlier, so that they could apply to privates specializing in kids with disabilities, if private is what they wanted.  However, it is not accurate to say it was "too late to transfer elsewhere."  Public school, which the vast majority of children in the US attend, and is legally required to provide accommodations, is always an option.[/quote]

Oh come on. In order to get accommodations in public school districts, you need an IEP. And those take months and months, and usually by February are done for services for the following year. The PP was correctly summarizing the situation. [/quote]

100% nonsense. You clearly have no understanding of the law. Schools can't just say "Welp, we're done providing services this year." That's not at all how it works. [/quote]

This private told the parents they could not support this child for several years and the parents refused to listen.  They did not have a specialist for ADD and dyslexia.  This shouldn't have come as a surprise to the parents.  They were asked to switch their child and the parents refused.  Most privates cannot support moderate to severe special needs.  The parents answer was to get a tutor and when that didn't help, they still refused to change schools.[/quote]

Who are you talking to? The PP said that a public school would not give services for the next year after February. That is patently false.

I have no idea how what you said here relates.[/quote]

You completely misread that post. The point of the comment about February is delay, not denial. Goodness. [/quote]

WHat are you talking about? What delay? The child was not given a re-enrollment contract. They were still at the school through June. Are you arguing that they could not have gotten an IEP in place by September? That's nonsense.[/quote]

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