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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone answer why LCPS only has a 1 day/week program?  And have any of you had success convincing the base school to group all the FUTURA kids into one classroom and allowing them to be around like-minded peers the rest of the days of the week? How do other schools organize their FUTURA kids? (My son's school disperses the kids among the different classes) AND once they move on to Middle School how is the quality of the Honors courses?  Are they challenging?  [/quote]

We were new to LCPS last year and both my kids (DS in ES and DD in MS) were admitted into Futura (ES) and Spectrum (MS). They explained to us that ES kids are bused to the closest school that has Futura. I think that is why it is only 1 day/wk because all the kids have to be bused from their base ES to an ES that has space. As for MS, Spectrum is at the school and is during the kids Resource classes (study hall). This is when most kids opt out of Spectrum because they rather have 45 mins to do homework, meet with teachers, take tests, etc. Both kids are now in MS and love their Spectrum classes. They have no problem finishing hw. When you are in 8th grade, Resource is 90 mins instead of 45 mins so you have Spectrum for 45 mins and Resource the other 45 mins. LCPS follows the alternating schedule so you have classes/resources/spectrum every other day.

As for Honors classes, my kids are in all honors classes so I cannot tell you the difference between regular and honors. But from what my kids tell me, regular classes can be a jungle. Most kids in honors are more concerned about their grades (not all, but most). So you have more effective use of class time vs regular where there are more kids who don't care about school.[/quote]

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