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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not going to quote PP at length but just noting that a lot of us had really good experiences at RHPS— it does have a lot of classes per grade but the while school being oriented to k-2 is a great way to start school and it has a great parent community. If you are curious there are lots of threads in this forum on RHPS.

I will also say that I did not love the principals at RHPS or CCES but (with one exception who has now left) I did really like my kid’s teachers and I always figured that was more important.  [/quote]

Agree that many of the teachers of the teachers at CCES and RHPS are absolutely amazing. Unfortunately, both of the Principals have strong nasty personalities that set the tone for the entire school and even the teachers dislike them.   It permeates the halls.  I would agree the CCES principal is the absolute worst.  As far as special needs, she should be sued for neglect.  She willfully ignores kids who might have dyslexia and will refuse to test them for disabilities even if the parents are proactive.  MCPS as a whole is terrible for special needs kids.  The entire system has been sued over lack of appropriate services.  Please do not put a dyslexic kid in MCPS if you have another option. Any other option. [/quote]

I don’t want to minimize your bad experience but it certainly wasn’t my experience that the principals’ personalities permeated the halls. [/quote]

Depends on how much you have to deal with the Principals I guess.  If you have a special needs kid, you spend a lot more time advocating for appropriate resources so the Principal becomes a major part of your experience. They can literally make or break your kid.  Much more so than the teachers.  We’ve always loved our talented teachers at both schools but they are not special educators and I don’t expect them to be. That is not their job. They do a great job teaching Neurotypical students and I would recommend any of the teachers for kids without learning differences.  The OP has a SN kid and will have to interact and advocate for her child with the Principal regularly  to discuss IEPs. As I said, MCPS is horrible with dyslexia as a whole no matter where you go so it is best to have a Principal who will work with you instead of against you.  That is what I am addressing because it is specific to OP and her situation.

In fact I saw somewhere a couple of weeks ago where a school in MCPS is finally getting an Orton Gillingham program going. It is one school.  It is decades overdue and too late for my kid but it is a start. If I am OP, I am finding that school and figuring out how to get into that program if dyslexia is her kid’s issue. It might be something else, but quite sure. [/quote]

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