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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The county is too big for every class to be taught the same way. One problem we have is that teachers who are excellent don’t get the chance to pass on their methods, because all direction comes down from Gatehouse, where the staff is often years removed from being in a classroom.

Keep in ind that the Strats teacher has to work with the range of kids in the class who all have different teachers and assignments and abilities. It’s hard to help each one organize and catch up, while also teaching general lessons on executive functioning.

If you aren’t happy with how it is being handled, speak up to the teacher and then admin. If one or two kids are taking up all the time with behavioral issues, the teacher will be thrilled to have the admin notified that they really need more help. [/quote]

This is very optimistic advice bless your heart.

We raised our concerns to the IEP team. The class was not a good use of time, no structure and DC was coming home having plenty of work left to do.  The SPED teacher was gone frequently for meetings and the behavior problems were getting worse.

The school’s response was that sure, they could switch our child out of the class. But first we, the parents, had to sign that we wanted to remove the IEP since FCPS would not provide IEP services for middle school students who not enrolled in the Strats for Success.  (This is incorrect, schools are not supposed to do this.)[/quote]

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