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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, that's really low -- is there a reason for that? Doesn't Murch have close to 20%?

Well Murch has a self-contained classroom that draws children from other parts of the city.

The average is about 12%.

According to the DCPS Website:
% of special ed--
Janney-- 6%
Eaton - 7%
Key - 7%
Murch - 6%
Stoddert - 4%
Oyster - 10%
Hearst -13%
Mann - 5%
Lafayette 5%

They are all pretty low but Oyster and Hearst. Nothing special about Lafayette here.

More up to date numbers in the OSSE equity reports. http://learndc.org/schoolprofiles/view?s=0287#equityreport

Ok, but even there all the schools are around the same point.

Janney - 8%
Eaton- 8%
Key - 8%
Murch- 7%
Stoddert- 4%
Oyster - 11%
Mann- 5%
Lafayette - 6%

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, that's really low -- is there a reason for that? Doesn't Murch have close to 20%?

Well Murch has a self-contained classroom that draws children from other parts of the city.

The average is about 12%.

According to the DCPS Website:
% of special ed--
Janney-- 6%
Eaton - 7%
Key - 7%
Murch - 6%
Stoddert - 4%
Oyster - 10%
Hearst -13%
Mann - 5%
Lafayette 5%

They are all pretty low but Oyster and Hearst. Nothing special about Lafayette here.

More up to date numbers in the OSSE equity reports. http://learndc.org/schoolprofiles/view?s=0287#equityreport

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, that's really low -- is there a reason for that? Doesn't Murch have close to 20%?

Well Murch has a self-contained classroom that draws children from other parts of the city.

The average is about 12%.

According to the DCPS Website:
% of special ed--
Janney-- 6%
Eaton - 7%
Key - 7%
Murch - 6%
Stoddert - 4%
Oyster - 10%
Hearst -13%
Mann - 5%
Lafayette 5%

They are all pretty low but Oyster and Hearst. Nothing special about Lafayette here.

Anonymous wrote:Looks like they have 9 support people on staff, including 2 counselors, a psychologist, instructional coaches, OT, speech etc. How could they only have 6% IEPs?

Most of those people aren't related to special ed.

Instruction coaches never work with the kids -- they are there to observe and mentor the teachers, although since they have less experience than many of the teachers, they are resented by the more experienced teachers. At any rate, no involvement with special ed.

The psychologist only does testing, no service provision.

One of the counselors does special ed part time and does the peace program the other part of the time.

There is an part time OT and part time SLP. I don't think that's particularly unusual.

Anonymous wrote:From an inquiring new parent -- it sounds like from the posts above that Lafayette doesn't differentiate in classrooms (or doesn't do it effectively) -- is this true? I had heard (3rd hand) that they do differentiate, and do it well. Are there any current parents who know more?

I have one high performer and one low performer, and I've been disappointed on both ends. My high performer reached (and exceeded) his grade's reading benchmarks in February. At that point, all of reading time was free reading, while the teacher focused on those who were not yet at grade level. In math, there are leveled groups, but they aren't very leveled; for example, in my high performer's class, there are only two math groups, which isn't much.

On the schedule, there is 30 minutes of WIN ("what I need") time each day in math and another 30 minutes in ELA. This is supposed to be time when the reading and math specialists pull out kids for either enrichment or remediation. In reality, because there is only one reading specialist and two math specialists and 7 grades (and almost 800 kids), each grade is only served (at least for enrichment) once a week. They do computer-based instruction (ST Math) during WIN time the other days.

My other child is below grade level in writing, yet she was never pulled for remediation during WIN time.

If I had a SpEd elementary school, I'd be on Lafayette like a duck on a June Bug.

Time to start serving and obeying the Civil Rights law, folks!

Looks like they have 9 support people on staff, including 2 counselors, a psychologist, instructional coaches, OT, speech etc. How could they only have 6% IEPs?

Anonymous wrote:Wow, that's really low -- is there a reason for that? Doesn't Murch have close to 20%?

Disturbingly low. The statistical average is 10%-13% nationwide. A school that's far outside that range is doing something to exclude those students or refuse to serve them as the law requires.

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Anonymous wrote:How does the new principal address kids with IEPs, and kids who need a bit extra social support? Wasn't that something Lafayette specialized in?

Only 6% of Lafayette students have IEPs. Really low compared to most DCPS schools.

No idea about that figure. But I do know that next year there will be two self-contained classes of kids with special needs.

Anonymous wrote:Wow, that's really low -- is there a reason for that? Doesn't Murch have close to 20%?

Well Murch has a self-contained classroom that draws children from other parts of the city.

The average is about 12%.

Wow, that's really low -- is there a reason for that? Doesn't Murch have close to 20%?

Anonymous wrote:How does the new principal address kids with IEPs, and kids who need a bit extra social support? Wasn't that something Lafayette specialized in?

Only 6% of Lafayette students have IEPs. Really low compared to most DCPS schools.

How does the new principal address kids with IEPs, and kids who need a bit extra social support? Wasn't that something Lafayette specialized in?

Anonymous wrote:From an inquiring new parent -- it sounds like from the posts above that Lafayette doesn't differentiate in classrooms (or doesn't do it effectively) -- is this true? I had heard (3rd hand) that they do differentiate, and do it well. Are there any current parents who know more?

They do during the class- so there are reading groups, pull out enrichment and remediation for math etc. Like all things some parents would like more, some would like less. My kids are advanced and always in the top reading groups and math abilities and I find it plenty challenging. They are not bored.

From an inquiring new parent -- it sounds like from the posts above that Lafayette doesn't differentiate in classrooms (or doesn't do it effectively) -- is this true? I had heard (3rd hand) that they do differentiate, and do it well. Are there any current parents who know more?