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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems that some posters want to lump all progressive schools together. Every school is different. Even within the same school, the cohort varies grade to grade. We loved our son’s progressive experience but I did a lot of reading and educating myself before we began looking. What I discovered is not all schools are equal. Some seemed progressive in name only and some seemed to be a sort of hybrid approach. The way to determine if a school is a good fit is to contact the school and ask to observe. This is what I did. DS also had a shadow day. We were then invited to school events where I was able to get a sense of the school community. I asked questions of the staff pertaining to my son once we were close to signing the contract. I had complete faith in our decision by the time we signed.

Our school sent a significant number of students on to GDS and to county magnets so I feel there was a bright cohort and the school was preparing the kids well for HS. We didn’t experience issues with disruptive behavior. I’m sure there were some kids with ADHD. Where would there not be? There was one boy who was on the spectrum and he was well integrated and included socially. The idea that having kids who are ND means a school can’t adequately challenge NT kids is ridiculous. OP is likely looking at mainstream schools. All of us interact with ND people in our daily lives even at the highest level in the workplace. Believe it or not, even physicians can be on the spectrum or with ADHD. [/quote]

Meh. One of the hypocritical things about “progressive” schools is that even if they pump DEI, they in fact will not admit kids with more visible autism or behavioral quirks. we’re not talking about the chief resident surgeon who somehow has ADHD but actual neurodevelopmental conditions. [/quote]

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