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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you had a perfectly healthy child, would you be sending him to St. Coletta?  No.  Doesn't make sense, not a good fit.  You could do it, but just because you can, is it the right thing to do?  NO.

If you had a white child who was interested in western european history and culture, would you send him to Roots?  No.  Doesn't make sense, not a good fit.  You could do it, but just because you can, is it the right thing to do?  NO.

If you have a child who is not academically inclined, who is not college bound, would you send him to a college prep school?  No.  Doesn't make sense, not a good fit.  You could do it, but just because you can, is it the right thing to do?  NO.

Time to engage your BRAINS, people.[/quote]

what's your point? the question was about SN kids, not "not academically inclined, not college bound" kids. they are really not the same thing, you know? sounds like at least one brain was not fully engaged here.

and, BTW, people who make comments like yours make life hard of SN kids and their families[/quote]

The point?  As the parent of a SN student, the PP posts make perfect sense.  Not all SN students are created alike.  Some are high performing, academically capable, and college capable, but for physical or other impairments that don't get in the way of academics.  Other SN students might never advance beyond an elementary school level of capability.  There is no one-size-fits-all for SN students.  So, as a parent, you choose what fits.  If your SN student is capable of keeping up with the academics and capable of attending college, then a school like Basis could be an excellent choice.  If your SN student is not capable of keeping up with the academics and is not college material, then a school like Basis does not make sense.  From some of the posts here, it sounds like there will be some special needs students attending Basis when it opens, such as kids with Aspergers, which may be a good fit as many Aspies tend to be very high functioning in academics, ala the Bill Gates/Isaac Newton/Nikola Tesla types, whereas other types of autism spectrum disorder which impair academic work might not be a good fit.

It's trying to hammer a square peg into a round hole and putting kids into situations that don't fit that makes life hard on SN kids and their families.[/quote]

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