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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the poster that used special needs centrial to describe the atmosphere at my childs school the last few years.  I clearly offended a few posters,  and for that I would like I do apologize.  The term I should have used to describe the classroom environment which lead to us leaving the school was special needs centric - and I do believe this is the proper way to explain the shift  in classroom focus once a number of families left and were replaced with children exhibiting a wide range of challenges - including serious behavioral problems..  Also - I would like to clarify that the problem was not specific to the children. Rather the problem had to do with the the school admissions department and the school administrators  that encouraged so many children to enter the school with needs that clearly overwhelmed a staff unprepared to educate them in the mainstream classroom without directly impacting the rest of the children.    What we encountered was a school over promising capabilities and unprepared to meet individual needs because they did not group the students - because that was their inclusive  philosophy.  The original poster asked how to approach a school about improving academic standards.  My point was that small independents must  be able to attract students that will thrive in the atmospheres they promise.  My child is not highly gifted or being  groomed for Harvard, but she can read without direction, is attentive, and was in line with the demands of the original curriculum we signed up for.  She does not need a week of directions and review to write a paper, extra time on tests, excessive counseling on how to conduct herself or treat her peers and teachers, and is not old enough to understand why the teachers give answers to some kids on tests so that they get better scores.  She does not like working independtly on stories, math and reading that is never graded or acknowledged while other kids get special reading or math time.  She did not like group projects where kids could care less about completing the assignment, yelling teachers or things getting broken in the classroom.  And I did not like listening to the parents of some of the most disruptive kids complain about the schools broken promises.  The problem was the school, not the kids.  Everybody loses in this situation.  [/quote]

I really appreciate this.  I'm one of the parents who was offended, though not so much by your post as the one saying our kids belong with their own kind.  But what you describe here is much different than "too many special needs kids," its a school accepting children who are not a match for its program, or at least its program as it was pitched to you when you applied.  So it really doesn't sound like the right school.  And, again, I really do appreciate your follow-up, and see you as far different that the stay-with-your-own-kind poster (who knows one kid with SN and is therefore an expert.)[/quote]

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