preparing for middle school
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| Tue, 08-09-2005 - 1:20pm |
With school starting next week,I was wondering what ya'll did to prepare for middle school while your child is still in elementary.Will is going into 5th grade and is mainstreamed(without an aide) for everything except Language Arts.We usually have his ARD in January and I want to be as prepared as possible.Did you go to the middle school and talk to people about what was available program wise?I'm lucky in that I have gotten the placement I wanted at his school,but middle school is a whole nother world and I want to know all options and don't know if the team will only tell me what they want me to know.
Also,have any of your kids taken the state mandated tests? We are in Texas and the only disagreement I had at an ARD was whether he should take them.The teachers said no but I said if they don't affect his placement(going to 5th) why not let him try? He ended up taking them one on one, orally administered,and didn't pass.
TIA!!
Laura
