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Hi, I will likely be moving to the Triangle area this summer from Boston area. My husband will be working in the RTP(Durham). I work from home. I am looking forward to buying a SF home, as we are currently in a condo. We have 2 children still at home, a 13 year old girl and a 9 year old boy. My youngest is high functioning autistic with an IEP. He is mainstreamed for art, p.e., music and social science. He receives speech therapy, OT and physical therapy. Naturally when choosing a home, my top priority is the best schools for my autistic son. We also have a dog that I take on walks.
With that in mind, here is my wishlist:
1. Prefer a community with lots of kids, with maybe a nice city center with restaurants, pubs and shops, good freeway access, a nice mall.
2. We like master planned communities, but are open.
3. We do not want a postage stamp sized lot or a cookie cutter home. We prefer a smaller home (less than 3000 sf) with very high end finishes, definitely not builder grade. My husband wants to build, but I would prefer to buy something done. My husband loves to golf. The back yard must be private. No fixer uppers.
4. We are a mixed family, both my husband and I have graduate degrees, so we prefer a more liberal educated community.
5. Coming from Boston I do not want to feel isolated, or have to drive forever to amenities.
Our budget is up to $600,000.
What are your recommendations for best school district for Autism special needs program?
What are your recommendations for neighborhoods?
Initially I have been leaning toward Chapel Hill Carrboro School district, but have no info on their special needs programs. I like the idea of a University town, we used to live right down the street from UC Irvine in CA.
Cool, would love to hear some other opinions, especially Bout special needs programs. I looked at the communities referred to the lady from London and they were right on target.
Last edited by CloverHead; 03-30-2017 at 04:20 PM..
Not sure if you've done any research on this area, it seems you are coming in blind....there are no "school districts" here - there is Wake County Public Schools if you live in Wake County (Wake County Public School System / Homepage). If you live in Chapel Hill, they have their own district, elsewhere in the Triangle there are Orange County schools, Durham County schools, Chatham County and Johnston County schools. You probably should familiarize yourself with them to start, since you have a child who already has an IEP. From there, you can decide where you want to live.
I did a search on special needs and autism in this forum and found the same kind of responses I am getting here, nothing useful. I don't much care how the schools are organized, by district, by county. I was just hoping someone could shed some light on which school system has a good reputation for special needs. But it would seem the answer to this question is elusive at best. But thanks.
I did a search on special needs and autism in this forum and found the same kind of responses I am getting here, nothing useful. I don't much care how the schools are organized, by district, by county. I was just hoping someone could shed some light on which school system has a good reputation for special needs. But it would seem the answer to this question is elusive at best. But thanks.
I wouldn't expect much honestly the trajectory in the state is ether they in the regular student track or a general special needs class with full spectrum disability. Our legislature doesn't support these programs so I would proceed highly cautiously.
My close friend was a special needs teacher in chapel hill and worked for the autism society which shoe stringed together after school programs and support
All I'm saying is if you think you receive high quality service for your son I would be super concerned about maintaining it because we are very deficient
I wouldn't expect much honestly the trajectory in the state is ether they in the regular student track or a general special needs class with full spectrum disability. Our legislature doesn't support these programs so I would proceed highly cautiously.
That's how it seems to me too. If you come from a small district where your child has a shadow all day, you can forget it, not happening here. Best you'll get is a lot of push in and/or pull out services while he's in a mainstream class. The self contained classes are generally profoundly autistic students and they aren't at every school. I'm speaking about Wake County, the only district where you might do better is Chapel Hill.
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