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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From our experience with the 8th grade intensified classes, they are more rigorous. Honestly what they do in intensified is what I would have expected as the baseline in general classes. [/quote]

Agree in terms of workload.

I have kid who went through before intensified was an option and a kid there now. The non-intensified classes seem to cover the same basic topics as before, but has fewer assignments and less homework. Intensified has more work - a little more than before - and they do go deeper into topics.

I like that it offers kids different options for different subjects and kids aren’t “left behind” if they don’t do intensified in a certain subject in MS. And it separates the kids who really want to learn from those just trying to make it through. 
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I thought APS had a no homework policy until high school? That’s great if they have homework in middle school — I had heard the only home work was incomplete class work. [/quote]

No, my kids have always had some amount of homework in MS. They do get an extra period of “study hall” and sometimes some extra time during class so many can get a lot of it done at school but it does exist for most classes. It builds each year.

For middle school, I think it’s 45 min/week max per class (5 core + 2 electives) plus 30 min reading every night. 
https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/arlington/Board.nsf/files/CFGKGP51D2AF/$file/C-6-%20I-11.2%20PIP-1%20Homework%20CLEAN%205_27_22.pdf
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Thanks I must have been thinking of elem.

How is the reading enforced, are they assigned multiple novels per year they have to test/write reports on?[/quote]

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