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Anonymous wrote:FCPS has been strangely silent on a press release. I’m also very curious about how the “free meals for all” policy affected the applicant pool including special education, etc.

Based on the article, I don’t think any kids with IEPs were admitted this year. The Special Education experience factor is tiny (20Pts?) and the free meals experience factor is 90 points. If you had a school where a lot of kids checked yes to the meals questions, that would overwhelm any kids that might have the special education.

Has FCPS issued a press release? The Washington Post article was strangely silent on Special Education.

Don't a lot of parents also buy those designations with private diagnosis to get their kids extra time on exams? I read this had tripled over the past decade especially at upper middle class schools.

Is it really good to disclose this information? DD was diagnosed with ADHD but I have never mentioned it to the school. She's high IQ ADHD. She doesn't struggle with her grades. She's straight A with all honor courses. She's now waitlisted for TJ. I hesitated whether I should file an appeal to disclose this information. I am afraid this marker will follow her in her whole life and it may not be good for her to be treated differently. Maybe it sounds good to have extra exam time for now. But who knows if she may loose some opportunities in the future because of this reason? ADHD is considered as a disability. There is discrimination on disabilities no matter what. I also don't want her to take ADHD medication. They are harmful to the health, right? Actually I don't know if it's good or not to keep it unknown to the school. Anybody has experience dealing with this?

I think you would need a 504 or IEP to qualify as special ed. If your DD doesn't need any accommodations, it would be difficult to obtain a 504 or IEP.

The doctor recommended 504. But we didn't use it since I never disclose this information to the school.

What did you do with that information? Anything at all?

Why bother having her evaluated?

No, Nothing. I didn't tell anybody outside of our family.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS has been strangely silent on a press release. I’m also very curious about how the “free meals for all” policy affected the applicant pool including special education, etc.

Based on the article, I don’t think any kids with IEPs were admitted this year. The Special Education experience factor is tiny (20Pts?) and the free meals experience factor is 90 points. If you had a school where a lot of kids checked yes to the meals questions, that would overwhelm any kids that might have the special education.

Has FCPS issued a press release? The Washington Post article was strangely silent on Special Education.

Don't a lot of parents also buy those designations with private diagnosis to get their kids extra time on exams? I read this had tripled over the past decade especially at upper middle class schools.

Is it really good to disclose this information? DD was diagnosed with ADHD but I have never mentioned it to the school. She's high IQ ADHD. She doesn't struggle with her grades. She's straight A with all honor courses. She's now waitlisted for TJ. I hesitated whether I should file an appeal to disclose this information. I am afraid this marker will follow her in her whole life and it may not be good for her to be treated differently. Maybe it sounds good to have extra exam time for now. But who knows if she may loose some opportunities in the future because of this reason? ADHD is considered as a disability. There is discrimination on disabilities no matter what. I also don't want her to take ADHD medication. They are harmful to the health, right? Actually I don't know if it's good or not to keep it unknown to the school. Anybody has experience dealing with this?

I think you would need a 504 or IEP to qualify as special ed. If your DD doesn't need any accommodations, it would be difficult to obtain a 504 or IEP.

The doctor recommended 504. But we didn't use it since I never disclose this information to the school.

What did you do with that information? Anything at all?

Why bother having her evaluated?

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS has been strangely silent on a press release. I’m also very curious about how the “free meals for all” policy affected the applicant pool including special education, etc.

Based on the article, I don’t think any kids with IEPs were admitted this year. The Special Education experience factor is tiny (20Pts?) and the free meals experience factor is 90 points. If you had a school where a lot of kids checked yes to the meals questions, that would overwhelm any kids that might have the special education.

Has FCPS issued a press release? The Washington Post article was strangely silent on Special Education.

Don't a lot of parents also buy those designations with private diagnosis to get their kids extra time on exams? I read this had tripled over the past decade especially at upper middle class schools.

Is it really good to disclose this information? DD was diagnosed with ADHD but I have never mentioned it to the school. She's high IQ ADHD. She doesn't struggle with her grades. She's straight A with all honor courses. She's now waitlisted for TJ. I hesitated whether I should file an appeal to disclose this information. I am afraid this marker will follow her in her whole life and it may not be good for her to be treated differently. Maybe it sounds good to have extra exam time for now. But who knows if she may loose some opportunities in the future because of this reason? ADHD is considered as a disability. There is discrimination on disabilities no matter what. I also don't want her to take ADHD medication. They are harmful to the health, right? Actually I don't know if it's good or not to keep it unknown to the school. Anybody has experience dealing with this?

I think you would need a 504 or IEP to qualify as special ed. If your DD doesn't need any accommodations, it would be difficult to obtain a 504 or IEP.

The doctor recommended 504. But we didn't use it since I never disclose this information to the school.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS has been strangely silent on a press release. I’m also very curious about how the “free meals for all” policy affected the applicant pool including special education, etc.

Based on the article, I don’t think any kids with IEPs were admitted this year. The Special Education experience factor is tiny (20Pts?) and the free meals experience factor is 90 points. If you had a school where a lot of kids checked yes to the meals questions, that would overwhelm any kids that might have the special education.

Has FCPS issued a press release? The Washington Post article was strangely silent on Special Education.

Don't a lot of parents also buy those designations with private diagnosis to get their kids extra time on exams? I read this had tripled over the past decade especially at upper middle class schools.

Is it really good to disclose this information? DD was diagnosed with ADHD but I have never mentioned it to the school. She's high IQ ADHD. She doesn't struggle with her grades. She's straight A with all honor courses. She's now waitlisted for TJ. I hesitated whether I should file an appeal to disclose this information. I am afraid this marker will follow her in her whole life and it may not be good for her to be treated differently. Maybe it sounds good to have extra exam time for now. But who knows if she may loose some opportunities in the future because of this reason? ADHD is considered as a disability. There is discrimination on disabilities no matter what. I also don't want her to take ADHD medication. They are harmful to the health, right? Actually I don't know if it's good or not to keep it unknown to the school. Anybody has experience dealing with this?

I think you would need a 504 or IEP to qualify as special ed. If your DD doesn't need any accommodations, it would be difficult to obtain a 504 or IEP.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS has been strangely silent on a press release. I’m also very curious about how the “free meals for all” policy affected the applicant pool including special education, etc.

Based on the article, I don’t think any kids with IEPs were admitted this year. The Special Education experience factor is tiny (20Pts?) and the free meals experience factor is 90 points. If you had a school where a lot of kids checked yes to the meals questions, that would overwhelm any kids that might have the special education.

Has FCPS issued a press release? The Washington Post article was strangely silent on Special Education.

Don't a lot of parents also buy those designations with private diagnosis to get their kids extra time on exams? I read this had tripled over the past decade especially at upper middle class schools.

Is it really good to disclose this information? DD was diagnosed with ADHD but I have never mentioned it to the school. She's high IQ ADHD. She doesn't struggle with her grades. She's straight A with all honor courses. She's now waitlisted for TJ. I hesitated whether I should file an appeal to disclose this information. I am afraid this marker will follow her in her whole life and it may not be good for her to be treated differently. Maybe it sounds good to have extra exam time for now. But who knows if she may loose some opportunities in the future because of this reason? ADHD is considered as a disability. There is discrimination on disabilities no matter what. I also don't want her to take ADHD medication. They are harmful to the health, right? Actually I don't know if it's good or not to keep it unknown to the school. Anybody has experience dealing with this?

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS has been strangely silent on a press release. I’m also very curious about how the “free meals for all” policy affected the applicant pool including special education, etc.

Based on the article, I don’t think any kids with IEPs were admitted this year. The Special Education experience factor is tiny (20Pts?) and the free meals experience factor is 90 points. If you had a school where a lot of kids checked yes to the meals questions, that would overwhelm any kids that might have the special education.

Has FCPS issued a press release? The Washington Post article was strangely silent on Special Education.

Don't a lot of parents also buy those designations with private diagnosis to get their kids extra time on exams? I read this had tripled over the past decade especially at upper middle class schools.

Is it really good to disclose this information? DD was diagnosed with ADHD but I have never mentioned it to the school. She's high IQ ADHD. She doesn't struggle with her grades. She's straight A with all honor courses. She's now waitlisted for TJ. I hesitated whether I should file an appeal to disclose this information. I am afraid this marker will follow her in her whole life and it may not be good for her to be treated differently. Maybe it sounds good to have extra exam time for now. But who knows if she may loose some opportunities in the future because of this reason? ADHD is considered as a disability. There is discrimination on disabilities no matter what. I also don't want her to take ADHD medication. They are harmful to the health, right? Actually I don't know if it's good or not to keep it unknown to the school. Anybody has experience dealing with this?

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS has been strangely silent on a press release. I’m also very curious about how the “free meals for all” policy affected the applicant pool including special education, etc.

Based on the article, I don’t think any kids with IEPs were admitted this year. The Special Education experience factor is tiny (20Pts?) and the free meals experience factor is 90 points. If you had a school where a lot of kids checked yes to the meals questions, that would overwhelm any kids that might have the special education.

Has FCPS issued a press release? The Washington Post article was strangely silent on Special Education.

Don't a lot of parents also buy those designations with private diagnosis to get their kids extra time on exams? I read this had tripled over the past decade especially at upper middle class schools.

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You really should have answered yes to at least #2

Not if you are an ethical person.

Why not? My son was eligible for free meals, and he had free lunch at school at least a few times this year.
By answering NO to the questions, he was lying.

The questions were on the parent portion of the application. Why was he filling it out for you?

Are you low-income? If not, he answered appropriately.

Wrong. The question was worded that everyone should have said yes.

Nope. Everyone could technically answer “yes” but only people who were trying to game the system answered “yes” if they weren’t low-income.

I think that right-wing conspiracy was already debunked.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS has been strangely silent on a press release. I’m also very curious about how the “free meals for all” policy affected the applicant pool including special education, etc.

Based on the article, I don’t think any kids with IEPs were admitted this year. The Special Education experience factor is tiny (20Pts?) and the free meals experience factor is 90 points. If you had a school where a lot of kids checked yes to the meals questions, that would overwhelm any kids that might have the special education.

Has FCPS issued a press release? The Washington Post article was strangely silent on Special Education.

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You really should have answered yes to at least #2

Not if you are an ethical person.

Why not? My son was eligible for free meals, and he had free lunch at school at least a few times this year.
By answering NO to the questions, he was lying.

The questions were on the parent portion of the application. Why was he filling it out for you?

Are you low-income? If not, he answered appropriately.

Wrong. The question was worded that everyone should have said yes.

Nope. Everyone could technically answer “yes” but only people who were trying to game the system answered “yes” if they weren’t low-income.

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You really should have answered yes to at least #2

Not if you are an ethical person.

Why not? My son was eligible for free meals, and he had free lunch at school at least a few times this year.
By answering NO to the questions, he was lying.

The questions were on the parent portion of the application. Why was he filling it out for you?

Are you low-income? If not, he answered appropriately.

Wrong. The question was worded that everyone should have said yes.

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You really should have answered yes to at least #2

Not if you are an ethical person.

Why not? My son was eligible for free meals, and he had free lunch at school at least a few times this year.
By answering NO to the questions, he was lying.

The questions were on the parent portion of the application. Why was he filling it out for you?

Are you low-income? If not, he answered appropriately.

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You really should have answered yes to at least #2

Not if you are an ethical person.

Why not? My son was eligible for free meals, and he had free lunch at school at least a few times this year.
By answering NO to the questions, he was lying.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS has been strangely silent on a press release. I’m also very curious about how the “free meals for all” policy affected the applicant pool including special education, etc.

Based on the article, I don’t think any kids with IEPs were admitted this year. The Special Education experience factor is tiny (20Pts?) and the free meals experience factor is 90 points. If you had a school where a lot of kids checked yes to the meals questions, that would overwhelm any kids that might have the special education.