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It is a great service that they offer when the schools fail to meet their AYP goals however, the drawback is the fact that they do not provide transportation. I believe many parents would take the offer if transportation were provided or the providers of the services would come to the schools for all the services they offer.
A couple of years ago, the Middle School that my son went to offered tutoring and Sylvan was the provider that the parents chose. However, the initial assessment to determine the childs needs would have to be done at the Sylvan office behind the old air force base. At the time, we did not know exactly where it was and had to decline the tutoring he so would have benefited from because we could not get him to the initial assessment. We were assured that once he went through the initial assessment, that services would be offered at the school, however (1) we had one car and (2) we could not travel very far with that one car. Unfortunately, we had to decline the tutoring services. Had transportation been offered, we would have allowed him to do that. Also, had it been more convenient, we would have too. It amazes me how the school system offers these great things, but they make it so damn difficult to obtain the services.
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I guess i can understand where your coming from with this situation. It seems as if the schools are forced by the state to offer help to students, but thats as far as they will go. Providing transportation aparently is to big of a hassle for the school to supply. Secondly, why wouldnt they just offer the tutoring program at your sons middle school. I guess thats just as big of a hassle as providing transportation
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