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<blockquote data-quote="Sue C" data-source="post: 104670" data-attributes="member: 87"><p>Hard decision for you. But I do know that you have to be comfortable with where your difficult child will go to high school. We allowed Melissa to go to public school in 8th grade. The kids were AWFUL to her! The classes were large. It seemed teachers did not care. She did not have an IEP, but I did go in for a few meetings trying to get extra help for her in Math, and the teacher did not seem to have time for her. Thus, she failed most the tests.</p><p></p><p>Our decision was a private Lutheran high school beginning in 9th grade and all the way through graduation. Best decision we ever made. It was a very small school just starting out. (she was the second class) The teachers cared about each and every student. Melissa's behavior improved a lot while going to that school.</p><p></p><p>You said you felt the public school with 3,000 kids was tougher. I found that the opposite was true. The mean kids were not disciplined. One boy slammed Melissa's hand in her locker and got a gentle warning---his parents were not even called (he constantly called her names before this occurrence--filthy names). In the private school, they were a lot tougher. They actually kicked kids out of the school for things that I know the public school would have done nothing about, i.e. a girl stole perfume out of another girl's locker, a boy took another boy's car and drove it around on lunch hour. There were reprimands to students who were mean to other students.</p><p></p><p>Tour the schools and allow input from your difficult child but, in the end, let it be your decision that you are comfortable with. Just my 2 cents.</p><p></p><p>Sue</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sue C, post: 104670, member: 87"] Hard decision for you. But I do know that you have to be comfortable with where your difficult child will go to high school. We allowed Melissa to go to public school in 8th grade. The kids were AWFUL to her! The classes were large. It seemed teachers did not care. She did not have an IEP, but I did go in for a few meetings trying to get extra help for her in Math, and the teacher did not seem to have time for her. Thus, she failed most the tests. Our decision was a private Lutheran high school beginning in 9th grade and all the way through graduation. Best decision we ever made. It was a very small school just starting out. (she was the second class) The teachers cared about each and every student. Melissa's behavior improved a lot while going to that school. You said you felt the public school with 3,000 kids was tougher. I found that the opposite was true. The mean kids were not disciplined. One boy slammed Melissa's hand in her locker and got a gentle warning---his parents were not even called (he constantly called her names before this occurrence--filthy names). In the private school, they were a lot tougher. They actually kicked kids out of the school for things that I know the public school would have done nothing about, i.e. a girl stole perfume out of another girl's locker, a boy took another boy's car and drove it around on lunch hour. There were reprimands to students who were mean to other students. Tour the schools and allow input from your difficult child but, in the end, let it be your decision that you are comfortable with. Just my 2 cents. Sue [/QUOTE]
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