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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does it happen that DCPS sends a student to a school in Florida (from the file: Devereux Florida Viera Campus Viera FL)? Isn't there anything closer? I guess I'd be grateful if my child needed the services and DCPS was willing to pay, but that's far! Does the district pay travel expenses?

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When a kid is in crisis, you send them wherever has an opening at that point even if it's far. There is huge demand for places that will handle mental illness and/or serious behavioral needs and accept what DC will pay. Also sometimes the kid has a history of being a perpetrator or victim of violence and needs to be away from certain other kids placed closer to home.[/quote]

Those are called non-public placements and they are for kids with very significant special needs, mental illness, suicidality, or other things that nobody would wish on anyone. Yes it's far, but every child is entitled to an education and DCPS has to take what it can find. If there were places available closer to here I'm sure DCPS would be thrilled, but it can be very hard to find a place.[/quote]

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