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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Surprised by the low number of SPED at MV.  For such a big school - that's pretty low.[/quote]

Not as low as Basis.  That's actually quite disturbing, but then they just kick kids out.[/quote]

Actually are quite a few 'higher' performing schools with disturbingly low levels of SPED students.

SWW High School - .7%
Banneker - 2.4%
McKinley - 2%
Ellington - 4.6%

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But those are all admissions schools--you have to take a test to get in and have a certain GPA. Plus there's an interview at SWW, an audition at Ellington, etc.  MV and BASIS are lottery schools--they have to take anyone who enters and gets in through the lottery.  So you would expect them to have a higher percentage of special ed kids.  Now maybe sped parents just aren't entering the lottery for those schools.  But it would be weird for sped parents to be much more willing to enter the lottery for LAMB, DC Bilingual, Stokes, etc. and not MV.  Is it possible that MV is just more generous in paying for private placements for sped kids and gets them out of the school?[/quote]

Parent of 9th grader at BASIS with an IEP (never been kicked out or had issues with services/accommodations).

I think there's a more systemic bias happening. My DC gets extended time on school tests and on AP exams. SWW wouldn't allow that accommodation on its entrance exam, which was ridiculous. I'm sure we could have fought it but decided to stay put since our DC was happy at BASIS anyway. But I really would like to know how many students with IEPs apply to the application high schools and what the admit rate is because there is no reason that a child with dyslexia shouldn't be able to succeed at Ellington or a child with HFA can't do well at McKinley, Banneker or SWW.

As for the elementary schools - my hunch is that MV simply doesn't yet have a very good intake/early intervention program to identify kids who need special education services. The thing is that many parents who are applying for these schools with 2.5 year olds don't know that their child has learning disabilities. Significant issues like autism or speech language delays or behavioral issues may be apparent early - but diatnoses of ADHD, dyslexia or dysgraphia often aren't identified or confirmed until students are older.

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