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[quote=Anonymous]I pulled my children out because the work load was excessive.  We're talking three or four hours of homework a night for third graders and that's just ridiculous.  The bus was a joke too.  It was never on time to school or home because school hours and rush hour coincide.  They'd get on the bus around 8am and wouldn't get home until 5pm, with 3-4 hours worth of homework each night?  It just wasn't happening and something had to give so we pulled them out halfway through the year because it really wasn't worth it.  The amount of work and number of projects was not challenging my children, it was challenging my patience. The kids were tired, cranky, and had a workload that prevented them from being kids.  There wasn't time to go out and ride a bike, shoot some hoops, or watch even one show on the TV.  It was school, snack, homework, dinner, homework, shower, homework, reading (part of homework) and bed. Only to rise the next day to eat breakfast and get back on the bus and start all over again.

Two friends pulled their kids out at the same time I did, for the exact same reason, and another friend waited for the year to end.  None of us thought our kids were receiving a better education than they had been in the TAG program at our neighborhood school.  All the kids were much happier because they were better rested and had down time. [/quote]

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