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« on: February 22, 2011, 01:35:13 PM »
Dear Everyone,
I am so grateful for your insightful responses and all of the care that you have shown to my family. As a result of all that has been written in this thread, my husband and I are no longer pursuing Hyde. We have considered boarding school to be the last resort--one to provide a safety net should our son be asked to leave his current school. We don't want to send our son away. He does have very severe neuropsych challenges according to a recognized expert who sees prescribing meds to be a last resort and yet prescribed them for my son because "he is bouncing off the walls." My son has ADHD and executive function issues according to a very thorough (and expensive) neuropsych exam which, just to be safe, we are repeating. We've tried to put as many supports in place as we can afford: therapy (individual and family), coaching and tutoring. We are not wealthy people. Not by a long stretch. For example: I've been to one movie in three years and I buy my clothing in thrift shops. Because he is so bright, he is on partial scholarship at the school he attends but he is holding onto his matriculation by his fingertips because he will not study. Hyde did not promise us a specific amount of assistance but indicated that there is financial aid available.
We still think that we need a school out of our city as a safety net. My son has an extremely high IQ and is gifted in writing (he's been published), the visual arts and, especially, music. If possible, we would like to find a boarding school in the middle-Atlantic or New England areas but we are open to other parts of the country as well. Does anyone have a suggestion of a boarding school for a kid entering the 9th grade? No regional public school, except the most marginal and dangerous, is willing to accept him.
Thanks for your kindness and understanding.
Molly