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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our DS attended SSSAS for 8 years. We were thrilled when we were accepted, and the school was fabulous for the first few years. Fabulous education, fabulous teachers, fabulous environment. I was an enthusiastic school volunteer. However, a few years in, the focus of the school started to change. [b]Grades were eliminated until 6th grade[/b], and even at that time, the teachers were very generous with their grading, and homework was minimal. (We all want to believe that our child is brilliant, but my child put in zero effort, rarely turned in assignments on time, and was on the honor roll.) I just expected a more rigorous curriculum from the school. The math curriculum is at the level (or below) of public schools, and the writing instruction is average.  Bullying also became a problem in middle school (from students that had been attending the same school together for almost 7 years), and there were no consequences for extremely cruel children that went so far as to encourage self-harm. We had mixed feelings about leaving as we became close with many of the families, but we decided that the best choice for our child was to leave. [/quote]

I will never in a million years understand why parents don't raise hell about things like this (bolded).  Grades [i]eliminated[/i] for kids through 5th grade?  Are you kidding me?[/quote]

I did "raise hell" about this and many other things. I was usually told something along the lines of "I'm sorry you have a problem with this". It is hard to leave a school that your child has been attending for so long. We realize that no school is perfect, but when the bad outwieghs the good, it is time to leave, which we did.[/quote]

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