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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op again- and honestly, I hate our public high school now that DS has had such a bad experience.  DS has mental illness, exacerbated by environment and low quality friends at school, lack of help from school, 3rd counselor switch in 3 years.  Teachers never ever email me when DS starts failing class, I meet with social worker and counselor and lots of lip service with no action.  
I feel like I can't repeat that process again (and can't share full extent with DD without seemingly bashing DS )[/quote]

No way to know if your DD will have the same experience. Public schools are deal with a range of kids are normally much better at dealing with kids with learning disabilities. It is what the nature of public school is. Hard to believe that you didn't know your DS was having issues in classes. School systems have online grading systems where you can see grades and even receive notifications when grades below a threshold are entered. Private schools are no where near as open. Make your DD a part of the process so you won't end up spinning your wheels. She has to own a portion of it. If she's in a magnet type program, I'd really compare the private school to the program. Magnets blow private schools away in terms of rigor and access (if it's a true magnet)....[/quote]

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