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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my view, it's a good place for children with special needs, but mainly for reasons that are not academic. 
You don't have to love the place, as you can sense from these threads, you'll find a lot
of upbeat defensive parents at CMI, who aren't helping the cause that much. The school is pretty new
and, I think, needs a stronger focus on teaching core skills,  the shaky test scores are probably
here to stay unless CMI improves its teaching in reading and math. [/quote]

I didn't get the sense that special needs kids are the focus of the school and I wouldn't be surprised if fewer parents of SN Kids specifically seek the school out for that purpose. The principal made no mention of that as a focus, it was all about IYP curriculum etc.   I would guess at the school continues to skew more high SES every year, the diversity in race and special needs will also likely drop but the scores will go up.[/quote]

YOU may not, but every educated parent with a child on the autism spectrum knows the name Greenspan.  (School founder).  It's designed to serve students with special needs.  Happily, those same techniques are beneficial to all children.  By older ES and especially MS, they may not serve the academically higher-achieving students.[/quote]

Doubt it. The school is in such demand especially driven by the baby boom in the adjacent neighborhoods.  We do not have a middle school
Option and we know McFarland isn't going to cut it either. The school will evolve with the kids and demands of the parents for rigor and advanced learning to match Basis etc. [/quote]

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