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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not saying this to be mean, and also have a child with anxiety — OP, this nonsense approach cannot be good for your kid’s anxiety.  Come on. [/quote]

Did your child get an IEP for whatever disorder he/she has? FCPS Child Find does not hand out IEPs easily. What OP described as anxiety probably is more serious than what you are imagining.[/quote]

DP.  That PP is right.  This is a terrible approach for any student and even worse for a child with anxiety, especially severe anxiety.

- parent of a child with severe anxiety[/quote]

OP here. You need to understand that we are not pushing that he sees both to make a decision. He asked for whether he can see both and be there in classroom. I think the source of the idea for him is that when he applied at private schools in the past in our current state, he visited private schools, he participated in school events, school shadow days, school lunches, he enjoyed them all and he actually got a pretty good idea of the school and how the environment made him feel. He eventually attended the most he liked among the two schools he got accepted at (it also coincided with how we would have chosen after visiting them). It was a pleasant process for him.

So the situation is different than what you are potentially imagining.[/quote]

I would explain that there is a difference between a school arranged visit and activities, which are scheduled with the intention of selling a school and presenting kids with a calm experience, is very different then attending class the first few weeks of the school year. He will be at the school when it is at its most chaotic, kids returning from vacation and reconnecting with friends. Excitement for the new year for some students, dread for the new year for others. Bus routes will be screwed up so classes won't be starting on time. Assessments will not have been completed so there will be experimenting with reading groups and math groups. Kids will be learning the rules of the classroom. Teachers will be trying to integrate new students, like your child, into a class where 90% of the kids know each other.

The Shadow days that he experienced where structured events that occured when the school was settled and probably at it's calmest. The kids knew that there would be kids shadowing and were probably told to be on their best behavior.

On top of that, his being new to the class will lead the Teacher to work to integrate him into the group and spend extra time trying to get a feel for his abilities so that he can be placed in the proper groups. His attempt at fact finding will be causing additional work for people at a busy time of year and it is not fair to the Teacher or students who are in the class and not moving. It is not a shadow day and it is not appropriate.

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