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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's sad that these private schools apparently cannot accommodate learning and social differences at all. What kind of values are they teaching? [/quote]

They are teaching the NT children they are paid to teach and meeting those children's needs. Addressing SN takes a lot of time and/or money- both of which detract from the time/money applied to the NT kids. So they either become an "inclusive" school and charge a ton or they don't accept kids whose needs they cannot meet with the resources available. It's not about "values."[/quote]

School communities that don't have time or money to dedicate to kids who are different are making a values-based decision.  They are valuing a particular type of education for a particular type of child over inclusiveness and diversity and being a broader community.

If you want that kind of experience and you don't care if it comes at the cost of being exclusive of different kinds of people, great. Good for you. Everybody makes trade-offs in this world. Don't pretend that it's not a value judgment, though.  [/quote]

Private schools by definition all are exclusive of all sorts of people. It doesn't mean that they don't care about those people, it means they cannot accommodate their needs. [/quote]

Not "cannot accommodate their needs"--they just choose not to because they would rather just serve NT kids. It is absolutely a value judgment. Consider a private school that has steps and no wheelchair ramp. They could say "oh I'm so sorry, kid in wheelchair, it's not that we don't care about you but we just can't accommodate you." Bullshit.

I for one would never send my kids to a school that was not accepting of kids with special needs.[/quote]

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