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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can’t tell if this is a serious post or not.  You want to send your kid to public school but don’t like or approve of everything that happens in a public school?[/quote]

OP here. This is a serious post. We can’t homeschool and can’t afford most private schools. So this is what we have.

I realize my views are outside of the norm but also feel that being on screens, testing, being given homework, and being graded this young are all detrimental to the experience of childhood and unnecessary.

If any other parents hold similar views, how have you coped? I think you can opt out of homework? We would stay screen-free at home. [/quote]

Grades: no grades in K or 1st anywhere in MCPS (see I.e. the K report card here: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/info/grading/2025-26-reportcards/es-reportcard-gr-k_redacted.pdf .,) In our experience grades have not been focused on much in 2nd or 3rd either although they exist, starting to pick up a little, although this may be school specific.

Testing: for K-2, all schools do a brief computer-based MAP math test 3 times a year (along with the non-computer DIBELS reading assessment, which only takes a few minutes.). Testing picks up more in 3rd grade and above, but still hasn't been too overboard in my opinion.

Homework:  This may depend on school.  The Eureka math curriculum has a workbook with homework pages.  Our school has technically assigned these but it does not need to be turned in and teachers have generally been fine with us skipping it or some have even explicitly said it's fine to skip it.  They're always going to tell you to do some pleasure reading for "homework" but presumably you'd do that anyway.  Occasional projects, usually around 1-2 times a year for us in the early grades.

Screens:  Depends on lot on teachers and schools, but not going to be none.  I'll let folks familiar with TPES answer this one.

Outdoor time: not much.  Recess is short.  Sometimes you find a great teacher who finds ways to bring kids outside during class time a lot.  Our before/aftercare has a lot of outdoor time, though, so the kids get a couple hours of it a day that way most days. [/quote]

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