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Topic: My daughter won't be going to the Catholic school.

Topic Posted by: Cindy G
Date Posted: Tue May 6 19:28:18 2008
Additional Comments: I spoke with the principal at the Catholic school today. She told me my daughter would never survive there. I guess we are going to have to get an attorney to fight to get our daughter's IEP back and she will stay at the school she is at now.

Posted by: nina
Date posted: Fri May 9 19:19:30 2008
Message:

A friend of mine has a son with a learning disability, and she kept him in Catholic school despite being advised to put him in the public school system. He struggled quite a bit, and didn't really get the help he needed. Finally, when he went into Junior High, she took him out of Catholic school and switched him to the public school system.

In the Catholic shools near me, you only need a 2 year associates degree to teach there, and they don't have any special programs for kids that need extra help. Maybe the people at the Catholic school you were going to send your daughter to feel like she won't get the help she needs at their school.

Could you switch her to a different public school if you had to, or does she have to stay in the one she's in now?

Posted by: Mz Chris
Date posted: Wed May 7 11:39:43 2008
Message:
That seems a little harsh and quickly spoken to me.......

Posted by: carmen
Date posted: Wed May 7 1:02:33 2008
Message:
what?? what happened? do they even do an assessment? bring her to my school. i'll take care of her!!

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The principal said that they could test her, but if she is doing as poorly as I say she is then switching to that school would not be an answer.

i agree that sometimes switching is not the answer but it is in some cases. if this is something you really want to do i would persue it. i handle admissions so i would tend to say something like that initially BUT every child is different. if she had been doing well up to a certain point, it would do you well to investigate. it could be a maturity thing. i know when i handle families i want to make sure when we do bring them in that we are not setting them up for failure. we want them to transition easily. good luck--carm