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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, it would make sense to me that public school districts provide services to public school students.  Why should tax payers fund services for students not in public school?  Imagine how much more resources public school students could have if funds were not funneled into providing services to those NOT in public school![/quote]
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If the only way for parents to get services for their child is to enroll them in public school, the public schools are going to get a larger share of kids with SN.  Making public schools responsible for some services, but not the entire education of kids with SN is a compromise that lowers the overall cost for the public school system. [/quote]

Parents who can afford private school will not move thier children to public for the services.  They will either suck it up and pay privately for them or move to a jurisdiction where they have better options.  [/quote]

Agree with this. And that's probably what DCPS is banking on. [/quote]

Also agree with the scenario. My child received services but I still paid for private too. They gave us one day a week and I had to pay for the other 3 days of the week. [b]They also would have put her into an ESL class if she had gone to a DCPS because my DH is Latino...never mind that she doesn't speak Spanish[/b]. They felt this would have been better than additional speech therapy. (...and this is why my children attend a private school!)[/quote]

WTF?  They told you this as part of the Early Stages/IEP process?  [/quote]

Yes![/quote]

I've heard that from others.  My understanding is they can try but cannot force you to.  They do it for the extra funding.  You can refuse.[/quote]

I wasn't aware I could refuse. Glad they feel the need to pimp my kid and put her somewhere that would provide zero benefit for her and might actually create problems. It was absurd and infuriated my DH that we immediately went with a private school. While I really liked her DCPS speech therapist, there was NO way our children will ever see the inside of a DC public school.[/quote]

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