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<blockquote data-quote="skeeter" data-source="post: 103974" data-attributes="member: 439"><p>Our local school district has many "magnet" schools. Each has a different teaching style, or something that they concentrate on. Each has pluses and minuses.</p><p>Plus we have a ton of parochial and private schools to choose from.</p><p></p><p>NL goes to the public school that a student must "test" into. It's rated one of the top 100 high schools in the nation. It's fairly large (1500 in 7th - 12th grade), with is a minus as far as NL is concerned, he does better in small class sizes. It's on the other side of town, and he has to catch a public bus at 6:15 am to get to school on time, and it takes him about an hour riding to get home.</p><p></p><p>My advice is to go and talk to each school. Ask to see state test scores, see their graduation rates, and number of students that go on to college / military / etc. Ask if you can observe a class or two. Also, with the IEP, ask to talk with the group that will be responsible for this (and ask if there's any transition service available).</p><p></p><p>Also look at the classes available. Is your son science oriented? Technically oriented? More into math or English? How about languages offered? Art? Music? And sports may or may not be important.</p><p></p><p>You may not find a great fit, but you may find one that at least will be a good one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skeeter, post: 103974, member: 439"] Our local school district has many "magnet" schools. Each has a different teaching style, or something that they concentrate on. Each has pluses and minuses. Plus we have a ton of parochial and private schools to choose from. NL goes to the public school that a student must "test" into. It's rated one of the top 100 high schools in the nation. It's fairly large (1500 in 7th - 12th grade), with is a minus as far as NL is concerned, he does better in small class sizes. It's on the other side of town, and he has to catch a public bus at 6:15 am to get to school on time, and it takes him about an hour riding to get home. My advice is to go and talk to each school. Ask to see state test scores, see their graduation rates, and number of students that go on to college / military / etc. Ask if you can observe a class or two. Also, with the IEP, ask to talk with the group that will be responsible for this (and ask if there's any transition service available). Also look at the classes available. Is your son science oriented? Technically oriented? More into math or English? How about languages offered? Art? Music? And sports may or may not be important. You may not find a great fit, but you may find one that at least will be a good one. [/QUOTE]
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