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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If what you want is to NOT have “disruptive” kids in class, maybe go to the special needs boards and see which schools parents are complaining about or being warned away from, and look into those. [/quote]

op is clearly very insensitive and may be a troll but when people are scrimping and saving to get he best school situation for their particular child it’s legit to think some kids would have a better experience in a situation where there isn’t someone having a melt down every day. I mean, would you feel more or less stressed if your work was disrupted on the regular by loud screaming and crying? pretending kids can’t be affected by that is not helping anyone’s mental health. [/quote]
I’m the poster who made the suggestion to look at schools that special needs families are warned away from, and I stand by that suggestion. I don’t think screaming and crying disruptions are common, but anyone who absolutely wants a minimum of children with “multiple medications for various disorders” (paraphrasing the OP), look for schools that simply don’t support kids with any kind of differences. I’m not going to judge someone for not wanting to deal with kids with differences, certainly not going to judge someone who doesn’t want their kid’s class truly disrupted by regular outbursts. I *am* going to judge someone who says “RIP to them” about children so troubled they are cutting themselves, but that wasn’t the OP.

If OP’s school is dealing with truly disruptive behavior (and isn’t a school specializing in kids with mental or behavioral differences), they will need to get a handle on the situation or they will lose families. Parents have a reasonable expectation that their kids’ classrooms will be conducive to learning.

From what I’ve heard of Potomac, that suggestion by another PP isn’t a bad one, they don’t seem very welcoming of kids with ADHD or learning differences, although I think it’s pretty competitive to get into. [/quote]

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