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That may have had somethinig to do with his race, but also that happens to most well-adjusted 145+ kids who don't act up but are bored enough in class that they don't engage - it's easy for teachers to miss them (and maybe parents too - why didn't you do something for the 4 years from age 4-grade 2 when this was not noticed - that's 4 years of his life where you were challenging him and just noticed when the school provided the naglieri - that's also something you should be looking into yourself for in addition to holding teachers to account).
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Good question. We came to FCPS to provide the best for him. When we were repeatedly told he was average I thought maybe kids are so very bright here that my impression of his skills is inflated. I take full responsibility for that mistake. But it never kept us from offering him every opportunity we could find outside of school.

And I did do something at school too. At every conference, every phone call, I was pushing his teachers to challenge him. I kept getting the same answer, "he's fine." It was like a broken record. The reason I brought up the Naglieri earlier was because at the time I thought, okay maybe now they'll see. Like I said, I don't know that it was a racist thing regarding why his primary teachers were so resistant to simply offering him differentiation. It was just an incredibly frustrating experience. One that I hope opened their eyes a bit and another child won't have to go through it.

The important things is he's fine now, he's thriving in AAP. [/quote]

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