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[quote=Anonymous]First, be aware that the center schools tend to start after 9:00.  They are busing kids from other schools so they start later -- and therefore, they end later (almost 4:00).  By the time my child gets bussed to our local elem. and we walk home, it is 5:00 every day.  So, for sports and p.m. activities, it can be tough to get it all done.  Fortunately (?), my child is not doing a sport this year, so we don't have to worry about it.  In third grade, however, it was challenging on nights with practices.  As a result, I picked DC up (rather than having DC ride the bus in the p.m.) -- that saved 45 min. which was precious time at night.

As for homework -- third grade tends to be rough whether it is AAP or not b/c they do give more homework than in 2nd.  But, overall, I think people's opinion about the amount of homework will vary from year to year, teacher to teacher, and child to child (some kids have no trouble with math, but then spend A LOT of time on the writing assignments -- some are the opposite struggling with the math and having an easy time with writing.)

So far, this year, homework has been minimal, but I'm pretty sure that won't last.  As a generalization from our experience and what we've heard from other parents in our child's center (those who are a year or two ahead), AAP homework is definitely MORE demanding and time consuming.  Our child at a non-center school has very little homework.

You'd be better off asking the kids/parents who are going to the center your child would be assigned to next year to get an accurate answer -- but even then, it can depend on your child's strengths and challenge areas.

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