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[quote=Anonymous]Trying to get a sense of whether our school is an outlier or not. What is your experience with:

- Recess? How long and do they get outside? When they get behind schedule, do they cut recess short? Our school is only doing a 15 minute recess this year, it's often indoors, and if they are behind, it can be as short at 5-7 minutes.

- Talking during lunch? Are they allowed to? My child has told me they are often discouraged from talking because it distracts kids from eating.

- How full the schedule is generally? My 1st graders schedule just seems incredibly full and it seems really tough on the kids and the teachers. That also seems to be what's causing the time pressures that are limiting recess and limiting socializing during lunch or at other times. It just seems like there isn't much joy built into their day and my kid has come to dislike school and doesn't want to go anymore.

Since we're new to both public schools (did a private PK-K) and DCPS, and also don't have older kids, I'm just trying to get a sense for whether this is just our family making the tough adjustment to a more academic school environment after the more nurturing play-based ECE experience, or if there are other approaches in DC that might be a better fit for us and our kid. I really like the academics at our school and my kid is learning a ton, but it feels like there should be a better balance. It's especially hard to hear my kid, who is bright and sociable, talking about not wanting to got to school and wishing they could stay home all day.[/quote]

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