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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Both of my kids have been in MCPS since before the oldest started K. We have never been contacted by MCPS, sent informational letters, or pointed to a website regarding anything other than your garden variety public school. Alternative education options are not publicized. I only know about them because I happen to be on here, through Child Find, or a friend telling me. How many people know about MCPS's Gifted/Talented/Learning Disabled program? No one at the school mentioned this to me. I found out from a friend. All I'm saying is spend a little time publicizing these options, just like they do for annual testing and fundraising.[/quote]

+1.  Special education kids also experience discrimination in these programs.  I have 2 kids, one with an IEP, one with a 504, and we were consistently told in MS that there are no services available in foreign language programs, because foreign language is not a "core academic" class.  One school even tried to kick my kid out of foreign language class rather than provide accommodations in the 504.  This is illegal.  The lack of support for "specialized instruction" in foreign language classes drives special ed kids away from foreign language at all levels, not jut immersion.

Many parents are driven away from the magnet programs because MCPS refuses to give IEPs or 504 plans to GT/LD or GT/ADHD kids. Without a plan, these kids don't get accommodations.  The testing and application mechanisms have a negative disparate impact on applications from this qualified population of students.  Parents are also privately told that the magnet is a "bad fit" or "won't provide services".  GT/LD kids are steered toward the GT/LD program as the only place that a student can get both GT academics and "special instruction."  This is also illegal.  I had to fight both times to get the magnet schools to comply with IEP and 504 plans.  Yet, with accommodations, my kids can perform in a magnet just like other kids.  [/quote]

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