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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you find the constant device usage a problem?  I heard it has gotten a bit better but I still hear stories from the neighbor kids at DCI about kids in their class playing games all day.  I worry about this for my kid with ADHD. I don't think it will be good for her.[/quote]

Not pp, but yes. We hear from admin that they are trying to incorporate more offline learning, but it's not happening fast enough for my ADHD child, at least not so far into the first year of middle school. Who knows if the new principal will feel the same.

The school can lock down the student's Chromebook if families request it to a more extreme setting than the default. This can help but may also make it hard for the student to access certain sites that teachers use, such as ones with embedded videos.

From asking about computers when touring other schools, this problem is not unique to DCI so we will stay for 7th.[/quote]

Meant to add when I asked this question of other middle school families I knew, some with older kids said Latin used to be much less computer focused pre-covid but now it didn't sound all that different from DCI.[/quote]

DCI is much more screen focused than Stuart Hobson (kids at both). Friends at Latin describe it as having less screens than SH, so I’d be very surprised if Latin and DCI were equivalent in this respect.[/quote]

Kids at Latin aren’t watching TV and playing video games at school like some kids at DCI. It is teacher dependent but in general so much screen time. 
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Kids at dci aren’t watching tv. Maybe in remedial classes?  But not true for my kids or anyone we know. [/quote]

Or maybe your middle school kid doesn’t tell you? It’s so secret that DCI kids spend tons of time on screens. On our lids shadow day at DCI tons of kids were watching Tv and playing non educational games. [/quote]

That’s not been our experience.  What I do know is the kids who were behind and struggling at our feeder were thrilled with the much easier curriculum at Latin. Finally they didn’t have to struggle to learn languages at a high level. Math and science is much easier at Latin too. It’s a great place for an average and below average kid. I do think dci drops the ball on average/struggling kids and they’d be better off at a much easier school like Latin. But whatever works for your kids of course. [/quote]

You post this on every thread that mentions DCI and you aren’t even responding to what you quoted. This thread is about IEPs and not which school is easier. We are at a DCI feeder and a handful of kids left for Latin and Basis and it wasn’t because they struggled with language. One left because they were worried about sped services. [/quote]

There is a lot of rage here. And I don’t know if I’m the person you’re screaming at and name calling, but I agree with this statement. The IB Diploma program is more rigorous than AP. That includes Banneker and eastern. And it is harder for kids to do schoolwork in a foreign language at a high level.  This isn’t true for all dci students, but is true for many. I also understand Latin does not offer the same math tracking as dci. This doesn’t affect everyone of course, but for some neurodivergent kids that’s a total lifeline. I also understand Latin may have more advanced tracks for stronger students, but I could be wrong. We were very sold on the IB diploma and the language opportunities with the math turning out to be a wonderful bonus. And yes we also know kids who hated speaking our feeders language and loved going to school when they didn’t have to go through that. Those kids are lucky to have that option IMO!

I don’t know what made you upset but people are entitled to share their experiences and opinions on this website. Latin is a fine school as well, and if someone wants to disagree with me they’re absolutely free to do so. I do think it’s worth noting that they’re doing a great job with college acceptances and people seem happy. I don’t know anyone at cooper but we are familiar with many happy Latin families. We are a happy dci family. Op- you’re very lucky![/quote]

In no place does the post you are commenting on name call.  It simply states facts.  Your post was completely unrelated to the one that you quoted and your posts do not address Ops question.  People are on this thread to find out about Sped services at these schools and want experiences with that to make an informed decision. You post this same thing on every thread about DCI about Latin students being average to below average, which is false.  The post simply responded to that with factual information about some students in a DCI feeder. No rage.[/quote]

For sure, I think there are some beliefs that are repeated, but it’s not always the same poster. For special needs kids, the difficulty of the school really does matter.  If you don’t think so, that’s fine. But please stop screaming at people and trying to police what they write. [/quote]

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