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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would
They flat out ignore ieps?  Come on. There's more to the story. [/quote]

Sounds pretty typical for charters or for profit schools. Yet excuses are made to explain away the problem. [/quote]

I'm the PP Basis DC parent who said I didn't know why. I know what happened - not the motives.

My kid has an IEP - was supposed to get about 5 hours a month of specialized instruction that first year. They couldn't seem to figure out how to deliver the services by pushing into the classroom and were concerned that pulling him out would result in him being hopelessly behind. They were unable/unwilling to adjust the curriculum in even simple ways. And honestly they were unprepared for how profound some children's needs were (not my child's, but others who were 2-4 grade levels behind). It was a perfect storm.

Part of the reason we stayed there was because as public school they HAVE to figure that out. We pushed hard, got a lawyer and things got much better for everyone the next year when they brought in more experienced administrators and teachers with special education skills. Ironically my kid loves the school.

I'm ambivalent about them starting an independent school in the DMV - but wanted to chime in here because Aiken was part of fixing things after a bumpy start. He shouldn't get tagged with that particular criticism.

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