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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not necessarily PP. I needed more time to get math. I needed my teacher to spend the majority of the class showing us how to solve problem. Then I needed the equivalent of another class to do some problems together and then on my own. Class didn't work that way so I'd go to my teacher at lunch to get this extra help. I had an excellent teacher for algebra 1 and 2.[/quote]

Now everything is auto graded on the app's and the teachers don't review the assignments.  They might get a dozen or so problems before they move on to the next topic.  Teacher does a 5-10 minute lecture and then they work on problems.  Then they have a lot of free classes for kids to do catch up on the assignments they didn't do.  Its nothing like how we were taught.[/quote]

This was at a private school. I sent my kid to a public ES and it left a lot to be desired so I switched him to a private school where he could get the help he needed (he needed help in math like I did). [/quote]

And, that makes sense.  We did private early on, left for MCPS, then looked at privates again but didn't find one that was the right fit/cost.  If my child was struggling in academics I'd probably do private like we did early on as I don't think MCPS is good with kids who are doing ok but struggling as those are the ones who really get lost/not a lot of help.  Or, even for mild special needs.  Our ES focuses on the kids who have the most severe SN so the kids who still needed support/IEP's often didn't get what they needed for lack of staffing.  Smart kids will do ok most anywhere.[/quote]

You hit the nail on the head.  My gifted DS has done fine..his writing is not as good as it could be but it's sufficient- I have barely worked with him.  My DD on the other hand who is above average intellectually but has some learning and attention issues is getting a subpar education.  The school could care less because she is not severe in their eyes and so she gets very limited meaningful support at school. It is a constant effort on my behalf to make sure she has functional academic skills.  I should not have to hire a lawyer and advocate and have her privately evaluated. I shouldn't have to constantly tutor her.  If I didn't intervene, I doubt she would be reading and writing at all - hypothetically, if I hadn't done anything, by 4th grade when she would be 2 years below grade level- maybe mcps would give her an IEP and give her a couple hours of weekly support- she would basically be behind forever, feel like she was not smart, and the neural pathways for reading would close- and it would be that much harder to teach her each successive year.  So I do this shitty juggling act. And it makes me really mad for all the other kids who don't have the resources to be able to do what I do for her. 
Talk about inequity .  [/quote]

Sadly you are probably better off with paying for tutoring/supports vs. hiring a lawyer.  Even if you have a good IEP, most aren't worth the paper they are written on (if you are lucky enough to even get a copy) and they aren't going to provide to your child's particular needs.  At best she might get a bit of reading help but it would be group reading with a mixed group of kids with very different needs.  They do a lousy job of teaching and handling reading issues and reading issues should be caught in K-1st and those kids should get a huge amount of help as reading impacts every other subject and they will just keep falling further behind because of the reading struggles.  Forget fighting them, have her evaluated and get a tutor, if you can afford it and supplement yourself.  If they haven't helped by now they aren't going to.

The schools we have been at do a huge focus on writing but not reading comprehension.  The reading is a joke and at best they read a few books a year.  No grammar, no spelling, no vocabulary. [/quote]

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