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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The largest class i taught last year was fifteen students.  At public schools,  the number is closer to 30. That's one of major benefits of private school. [/quote]

And when there are 15 kids everyone gets an IEP with individualized learning and tools.  My younger one (no LDs) benefited from taking her spelling tests in a separate room to help with her test anxiety - I didn’t know they were doing this until the parent teacher conference.  My DD is quiet and at public this would have been totally overlooked, but at private she is known and seen.[/quote]

Given what we know about how accommodating anxiety reinforces anxiety this is a really good example of private schools doing something that seems nice on the surface but actually is hurting the child.  I would be so angry if a school prioritized my kid’s spelling test score over their mental health and provided special education accommodations without any kind of process to protect my rights.

I say this as a parent who has kids in private school.[/quote]

DP
You sound unhinged.[/quote]

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