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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]@657. It’s on the college forum, because parents are facing a tough college entrance environment. And it’s scary.  So they are latching onto— but my kid could get into a top ten school if their spot wasn’t taken by an ADHD kid who cheated on the SAT.  Which is crazy.  These schools have 6% admit rates.  If your kid does not have a significant hook or is is very lucky in their profile, they are not getting in.  Neither is the ADHD kid.   And no amount of extra time is going to give your kid the 1560 on the SAT they would need to even have their essay read. It is not a test you can do perfectly, even with u limited time. You have to be very fluent in the material.  If you don’t know the vocal work or get the math problem, more time does not help.  [/quote]

It is also scholarships and merit awards. Kids who know the materials but do not get extended time or a calculator are the ones who are disadvantaged by those who gamed the system. I am not referring to kids w true disabilities but the wealthy parents who have connections and can get and pay for a diagnosis.  [b]Those of you who don’t believe this obviously is not in the prep school environment where there are a lot of wealthy parents and accomodations.[/b][/quote]

It's true that private schools have a much larger percentage of kids on accommodations.  And I think there's some truth to the wealthy=accommodations.  B[b]ut one factor contributing to the prevalence of accommodations at private HS may be the fact that private schools are better and more responsive to kids with learning disabilities so parents specifically choose private over publice for their kids with learning disabilities.  [/b]My dc is in a public HS and has accommodations.  Private HS would be possible but really hard for us financially.  But everyday, I wish we had moved him to private.  Public HS is sink or swim.  My son has accommodations but there are some classes he just refuses to use it in because the teacher is so hostile to it.  Yes by law, they need to give him extended time.  And I guess they would if dc pushed for it, but he's a kid and when you have a teacher who so clearly doesn't want to deal with it, he's not going to push for it.  I see my friends with kids in private and see the responsiveness, willingness & feedback they get from teachers.  You just don't get that at a public HS.  I'm not blaming the public school teachers.  They may be as every bit good but they just have too many students.  If I could do it all over again, I would have sent this one dc to private HS.  My other kids were totally fine in public.    [/quote]

Why would you think that?  DC area privates are not exactly jumping out of their seats to admit kids with diagnoses and the need for additional support.  Just read these forums when people ask for ideas for private schools their kids with HFA or ADHD.  What the private schools have is very rich and connected kids whose parents can wrangle "accommodations" when it suits them.  [/quote]

Depends on the kids and the school.  IIRC, about 30% of the kids in HS at GDS had some kind of accommodation.  And there are learning specialists on staff for all grade levels.  Don’t know how many families declared known LDs prior to admission.[/quote]

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