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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child is dyslexic. I have to pay for very expensive afterschool tutoring that my ADHD kid has to sit through after 7 hours in school.

Is she getting FAPE?  According to FCPS she is.

But AAP kids who would do just fine in a regular class with pull outs is apparently a huge injustice?

Please. These parents of high academic achievers are the most asinine, arrogant people in the world. [/quote]

Judging from the amount of time I spent with the Asst. Principal, Guidance Counselor and school psychologist when DC was K-2, you really don't want my bored, highly gifted, ADHD kid in your child's classroom. While he was waiting for your kid to catch up to him in 2nd grade, he was reading Tom Sawyer and Swiss Family Robinson for fun instead of listening to the teacher,  and constantly interrupting, and acting out.  In the 6 years he's been in the AAP Center, we've had no behavioral complaints.  Fortunately, he heads to HS next year, so he has no stake in the continuation of AAP. But if you had moved him back to a GE classroom 3 years ago, you would be the parent on DCUM griping that my DC was taking all of the teacher's time & attention, and making it hard for your DC to learn. No matter how good a teacher is, they can't differentiate instruction for 30 Kids with an IQ range of 70 (b/c Sped kids are pushed in) to 150.  People like you will find a reason to gripe no matter what the situation is. [/quote]

If your kid is so disruptive and so bored then you should homeschool him or pay for private.

My kid is not learning either way because FCPS will not provide dyslexia specific remediation, hence the reason we are paying for it after school.

And kids with dyslexia are not low IQ, you ass.  [/quote]

No one said dyslexic kids, or other kids with LDs were low IQ. Over react much?   My point was that the trend is to push in services for low IQ kids (NOT YOUR KID) in GE classes.  And that no teacher can possibly manage to differentiate for MMR/BIF (low IQ), ESL, GE (with & w/o LD) & GT (some of whom are 2e) all in the same class. And while you are getting your panties out of a wad and the huge chip off your shoulder, realize that no one is saying FCPS is doing everything it can or should for LD Gen Ed kids, or suggesting cutting services for them (unlike the loud calls to eliminate AAP).  And before you start with the nasty name calling, you should know that our family also pays a small fortune for outside tutoring for my 2e kid, who is not getting adequate support for his second "e" at school either.  And, BTW, I said my kid was disruptive and bored 6 YEARS ago, before AAP started, but not since. But, I guess we could kick every kids with different social emotional & academic needs out of school and tell their (2 working) parents to homeschool or find $35,000 a year for private. But that's against the law. And a shitty way to run a school system.  I'm tempted to call you an ass, or asinine or some other nasty name, right back, but I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt, remember the first week of school is tough, especially for LD kids, and tell myself the budget fight has everyone on edge. But, seriously, get a grip before you break out the nasty. [/quote]

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