[blindkid] Charter School

[mindy heppe]

My 8th grader is in his third year of charter school after 6 years of homeschooling. It is great--all we would have gotten IEP wise from our local school and more--plus it is a small school where individuals are respected, and even before his IEP was in place, he got every accomodation he needed. He'd only been there about a month when a sub asked him, "do you need glasses?" The whole class chorused, "It wouldn't help!"
That having been said--it depends entirely on the charter school in question.
If you have a sudden urge to move to Schuylkill county PA, Yang would be delighted to have another blind kid in Gillingham Charter School! :-)
Mindy
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On Mon, 2/17/14, oandemom . <traci.mwd at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: [blindkid] Charter School
 To: "Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
 Date: Monday, February 17, 2014, 12:36 PM
 
 Hello all!  I was curious if
 anyone had their child/children in a charter
 school.  We have a new science charter school opening
 in our area and went
 to the information meeting and was really excited about
 it.  I know they
 are required to meet the requirements of the IEP, but I have
 heard of other
 charter schools, where they don't provide a braillists, one
 doesn't even
 get TVI services any longer, etc.  I don't know the
 full stories behind
 these issue's, but I was wondering if others had any
 experiences and any
 suggestions to share if we were accepted via the lottery,
 which is the
 first hurdle.
 
 I know all the requirements for a VI child (except I have
 two!) is a huge
 expense for any school and I don't want their to be a sense
 of resentment
 that my children are costing them the most but the idea of a
 18 child
 classroom, project  based and theme based instruction
 is very exci
 t
 ing
  
 and I can see a VI child excelling in this
 environment.  I just want to go
 in with both eye's open and know what I'm getting into!
 
 Thanks much,
 Traci (
 mom to 
 Olivia & Evan, LCA)
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