The charter school is very nice, but also very small. There are some good positives, but they just don't have the staff or facilities to provide special education. They do provide much better differentiation than the regular school, so that is helpful.
apm, we ultimately moved my ds out of public school even though we successfully advocated for an IEP. He went to a small private school that did *not* provide special education. What they did have was a staff that cared about making the right accommodations that would allow ds to be successful - and that made more of a difference than leaving him in public schools with an IEP every would have.
All school situations are different, of course - but fwiw, I wouldn't discount a school just because it was small or because it didn't offer sped services.
Best wishes,
polarbear
