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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This seems super simple to game.

- get an IEP/504.  I’m sure there are educational advocates/psychologists that can with this.  
- pupil place at one of the low yield schools for 8th grade.  You don’t even need to move I guess. 
- take a prep class for the SIS essay.  Bonus - Use that IEP/504 for extended time

Done. [/quote]

You have no clue how hard it is to get an IEP or a 504 plan. Absolutely no clue. It is not an easy process. You have to show an academic impact on the child in order to qualify for an IEP, which means that you need to have a kid who is in danger of failing a grade, so not something you want to do in 8th grade if you are trying to get into TJ. Not to mention the testing that is conducted by the school that the school falls back on. Or the meeting every three years to evaluate if the accommodations. Or the three year review with new testing to keep an IEP.

504 plans are almost as hard to get.

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Look, there are parents that were willing to pay $10,000+ over the course of several years to ensure their child was admitted.  (See 28% of the class of 2024 coming from one $$$ prep company).   Spend that same dough on private neuropsych and an educational advocate.  [/quote]

Will be interesting to compare the number of IEPs amount middle schoolers this year vs in the next few years.  The school board set up these incentives; people will respond. [/quote]

The schools tend to not use the private tests because they know that there are parents trying to game the system. Te number of meetings that parents would have to attend, and pay an advocate to attend, would be high. I would guess that there would be  the evaluation to determine if testing is needed, which is likely to come back with a no because the child is doing well in all of their classes. Then the meeting(s) with an advocate to try and get testing. Then the meeting after then testing. Then the meeting with the advocate after they determine that the kid doesn't need services. Then more meetings.

That is a lot of sunk time on a process that is not going to yield results because your child has to be doing poorly in school.

So yes, parents are willing to pay thousands of dollars for enrichment and classes, but I suspect that they will find IEPs and 504 plans very, very different. Just pop over to the Special Needs forum and take a look at what those parents are doing to get accommodations for their kids. It's not pretty.[/quote]

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