Opinion ID: 2656175
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Heading: The 2008-09 School Year at Eagle Hill

Text: The Eagle Hill School is a private school for children with disabilities. The school educates children with language-based learning disabilities, approximately half of whom also have attention disorders. In determining whether to admit C.L., Eagle Hill reviewed his educational records, interviewed his parents, and observed him in a two-day visit during which he was paired with a current student. Eagle Hill teachers evaluated C.L. to determine his cognitive potential, learning style, and academic strengths and needs, and considered whether he would benefit from the Eagle Hill program. C.L. was admitted and assigned an advisor who met with him daily to coordinate[] and oversee[] [his] academic program, and to help him with goal setting, communication among the staff, communication between teaching staff and specialists, [and] communication between school and home. Eagle Hill employs a diagnostic teaching model where teachers are constantly, on a daily basis, assessing a child's progressed goal and making -14- adjustments based on that assessment, tailoring accommodations to the child's learning style. Class sizes at Eagle Hill are tailored to the strengths and weaknesses of the individual students, and children with similar learning styles are assigned to the same classes. C.L. was placed in a 3:1 ratio language arts tutorial class for two periods daily to assist with his reading, comprehension, writing, and study skills. For math, history, writing, literature, and modeling, C.L. was placed in classes ranging from five to nine students in each class. C.L.'s progress reports at Eagle Hill, issued in December 2008 and June 2009, show that he made progress in all subject areas. C.L. also became more active and enthusiastic over the school year, and was better able to express his ideas and work independently.