Do You Think My Story is a Function of The No Child Left Behind Act

This is exactly right. It is most often the case, that students with special needs can get superior services in public, rather than private, schools. Parents who could send their kids to private school, often chose a public school to take advantage of this.

 

I don't know for sure if they would benefit from having more special needs children at the school, but the idea of No Child Left Behind is that ALL children including those in Special Ed classes will have to pass the same tests as other students. There is a process where they have to have a certain amount of Special Needs students pass the first year of NCLB implementation, and that percentage grows every year or two years.

It may be that their percentage is low right now, and that they would benefit from having students that won't pass the standardized tests in Special Ed, but I can't say for sure. It would be a short term detrimental fix if that was the case. Since eventually the school will have to have 100% pass, even the most severely disabled students. They also can't have special conditions when they take the test. There are accommodations that can be made such as a quiet room, or something like that, but things like a different test, or more time for timed tests are not allowed if the child's score will be considered passing.