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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think PP meant that when seated for work, a child is most of the time able to participate... not that they are sitting most of the time. I know... I have a child there.

The Maddux kids get plenty of movement, way more than public school kids. But it's not a free-for-all. The child has to be able to do regular, grade-level classwork. This means that there will be some sitting involved. The child has to be able, for the most part, to sit and not be disruptive.

So, if a child cannot perform to that level, it's not the school for them. This is not a negative judgement on the child or family. It's just that the school has a profile that they are set up to work with. [/quote]

Yes thanks, I'm the PP and that is exactly what I meant.  There is plenty of movement time and tons of participatory activities and a huge arts and music focus at Maddux, but also an appropriate amount of seated academic work.  They are trying to fill an important unmet need for the group of kids who are reasonably close to being able to succeed in a more mainstream school environment (and often have succeeded, academically at least) and may just need some help building skills for a few years.  That's their mission, and why the school ends after second grade.  It's an essential part of that mission that the kids experience something pretty close to a typical school day and classroom environment, just with more supports.  And they deliberately fade the supports in second grade to help prepare kids for the transition to new schools.  That isn't a good formula for every kid.  It was perfect for us. [/quote]

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