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<blockquote data-quote="Bugsy" data-source="post: 125731" data-attributes="member: 1680"><p>Thank you so much for so many responses. I generally do not cry but last night was a LOOONG one. In fact my eyes burned this morning.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I will try to answer some of the responses. He does not have an IEP. I never went the public school route. Mainly because I have been a special needs teacher and consultant for years and know the fight I would have to go through and in this town the schools are so over crowded. This area is so transiant that there is very little consistency at the public schools. That would be awful for my son. </p><p>I spoke with a Special Education attorney in the past regarding what the district can provide for a private school situation. She said that I would spend more money on an attorney and time it would be far less to pay a quality school.</p><p></p><p>As far as the school's ability to meet his needs, they do haev the resources but it takes money. They have a special education room and knowledge but it is a small school and rely on tuition but a lot of fund raising.</p><p>I spoke with their school today to see what we could work out. They are willing to try to</p><p>work with us but who knows what that will mean. </p><p></p><p>Right now I was persuasive regarding my daughter because the middle school is very new and currently grade 6-8 only has 25 students. Only a few kids from the current 5th grade class are planning on going next year so it seems to make good business sense to want my gifted daughter to sit in a seat. Let's hope I was persuasive enough and the director can persuade the committee enough.</p><p></p><p>Again thanks for the support and suggestions.</p><p>Bugsy's mom</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bugsy, post: 125731, member: 1680"] Thank you so much for so many responses. I generally do not cry but last night was a LOOONG one. In fact my eyes burned this morning. Anyway, I will try to answer some of the responses. He does not have an IEP. I never went the public school route. Mainly because I have been a special needs teacher and consultant for years and know the fight I would have to go through and in this town the schools are so over crowded. This area is so transiant that there is very little consistency at the public schools. That would be awful for my son. I spoke with a Special Education attorney in the past regarding what the district can provide for a private school situation. She said that I would spend more money on an attorney and time it would be far less to pay a quality school. As far as the school's ability to meet his needs, they do haev the resources but it takes money. They have a special education room and knowledge but it is a small school and rely on tuition but a lot of fund raising. I spoke with their school today to see what we could work out. They are willing to try to work with us but who knows what that will mean. Right now I was persuasive regarding my daughter because the middle school is very new and currently grade 6-8 only has 25 students. Only a few kids from the current 5th grade class are planning on going next year so it seems to make good business sense to want my gifted daughter to sit in a seat. Let's hope I was persuasive enough and the director can persuade the committee enough. Again thanks for the support and suggestions. Bugsy's mom [/QUOTE]
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