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First, when it comes to SPED, my school is pretty adversarial to parents. It was shocking to me because in my old school we sort of viewed SPED as an educational safety net. We were always trying to get kids services, even if it's just speech. That isn't the case here. The default mentality is that no kid is getting referred to kid watch unless they were struggling academically and well...they aren't because they are meeting benchmarks on testing.

So, parents get frustrated. They get private testing, they get educational advocates, lawyers, etc. and it's such a contentious process. I never, ever sat through an IEP meeting that was contentious until I got here. It's crazy. This is the process when it comes to any issue, really. If you have a problem, better be ready to fight. I don't like that, but the parents are happy to scrap with the school and fight for their kids. And the cycle continues.

Second, there is a working expectation here that parents supplement. We will identify gaps, struggles, etc. but the expectation is that the parent is going to step in and fill those holes. My old school didn't do this. We were expected to do this work. If a kid doesn't get it, parents will begin the IEP/504 fight. See above.

Again, people may think I am ridiculous. I get it. This is a nice school with awesome families. But they are being shortchanged.
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We moved from FCPS to APS and our Fairfax county school was definitely resistant to any SPED support. It was like pulling teeth to get anything and they seemed to resent it at every turn. Definitely adversarial. Our APS schools (el. and middle so far) have been far more proactive and do seem to view services more as a safety net than a big liability. Our school in APS has a lower great schools score (horrors!) but frankly it is a far more supportive place overall. [/quote]

Usually when people say “frankly,” it’s a strong verbal cue that they are about to say something highly disingenuous. Trump does it all the time.

Most likely you just need to feel you’ve made the right move. [/quote]

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