I know of one child who was asked to leave McLean and ended up at the Lab School which turned out to be a much better fit. I think the ADHD diagnosis was not he triggering event but the whole host of LDs that Lab could better serve.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does the MCLEAN school compare to the Commonwealth academy?

We have friends with a son with ADHD who was asked to leave McLean. How often does that happen? Isn't McLean's niche ADHD?

Happens a lot. They only want the easy ADHD cases, not the ones where they have to put in effort.

Whoa, a large number of kids at McLean (including mine) have ADHD, so they are clearly not anti-ADHD. Its not a matter of "easy" or "hard." Its a matter of whether the school is able to meet that child's needs. ALL privates have a limit, a point beyond which they aren't serving that child, and ALL privates will ask those students to leave so they can go to a school that does meet their needs. Its better for the students who leave, and its better for the other students in the class. There is no school that can be everything to everyone.

We have no idea from this one line whether that child had a behavior problem or whether that child's needs were just too great. McLean is not a SN school, it is a mainstream school open to kids with minor needs. If the needs are too great, it isn't the school for them.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does the MCLEAN school compare to the Commonwealth academy?

We have friends with a son with ADHD who was asked to leave McLean. How often does that happen? Isn't McLean's niche ADHD?

Happens a lot. They only want the easy ADHD cases, not the ones where they have to put in effort.

Truer words were never spoken.

http://www.mcleanschool.org/upper/1539/

here is the list.

Anonymous wrote:Where do the kids go onto school after McLean and Commonwealth?

One friend had a son at Mclean, loved the school/thrived there and went onto a great engineering school.

That may have been a few years ago. College exmissions for Mclean are not the best.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How does the MCLEAN school compare to the Commonwealth academy?

We have friends with a son with ADHD who was asked to leave McLean. How often does that happen? Isn't McLean's niche ADHD?

Happens a lot. They only want the easy ADHD cases, not the ones where they have to put in effort.

Where do the kids go onto school after McLean and Commonwealth?

One friend had a son at Mclean, loved the school/thrived there and went onto a great engineering school.

My sense is that McLean will make accommodations for many issues but not for major behavioral problems. There is also an honor code that applies to all kids that seems to be strictly enforced.

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Anonymous wrote:How does the MCLEAN school compare to the Commonwealth academy?

We have friends with a son with ADHD who was asked to leave McLean. How often does that happen? Isn't McLean's niche ADHD?

I'm not surprised to hear that one bit.

Anonymous wrote:How does the MCLEAN school compare to the Commonwealth academy?

We have friends with a son with ADHD who was asked to leave McLean. How often does that happen? Isn't McLean's niche ADHD?

Not to my knowledge. Only ADHD is mentioned in its charter, but call the director of admissions, Josh Gwilliam, and ask.