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[quote=Anonymous]Do you want a challenging and interesting curriculum or one that spends tons of time memorizing math facts and phonics? There may just not be enough hours to fit everything in. I know the parochials focus on this more, but it seems to be in the way of advancing in other areas. I think the FCPS schools try to strike a good balance between the two. A good third of the kids in Mclean schools come in knowing their phonics already just like yours. If they don't, there is plenty of help to get most of these down by the end of 1st grade with a little parent help. Your child's already ahead on basic math facts so they aren't behind to cause a concern. Multiplication and Division were previously taught in the higher elementary grades and are now coming down to 3rd and sometimes even in 2nd, but still the schools seem to be failing to you?  AAP teachers in FCPS either run young scholars programs or take the kids out for critical thinking lessons as early as 1st grade. I think it was 3rd when I started in public school. They do all this even with additional specials such as PE, music, and art twice a week, computer, foreign language, etc. No public school is going to suit everyone's needs especially with today's budgets. I don't even think this is possible in private school. But it isn't babysitting by any stretch.[/quote]

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