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[quote=Anonymous][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.

I live in NY. February is far too late for applying to publics (which is what we do here). That window closes before Christmas. The city would have placed him at one of our 400 high schools with seats open - so not a great one. By February, families would have missed out doing all the crazy things we do here: rank schools maybe write an essay maybe take a test maybe audition and def tour the schools. The process is especially important for a family who will be ranking schools with a lot of support.[/quote]

That process really seems to disadvantage kids whose parents cannot support them in the process.  My 13 year old has ADHD, but is in all regular classes here in the DC area, with an IEP for emotional regulation only (and a 504 for academics).  I cannot imagine him being able to take on that process without a huge amount of help from me.[/quote]

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