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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is very specific to each school - we moved from one school to another in the same district and the first school had a no homework policy, the second one has homework every night for 2nd and 4th grades.[/quote]

Yes; but APS has a districtwide policy now. It's supposed to be the same.[/quote]

What exactly is that policy?[/quote]

https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/arlington/Board.nsf/files/CFGKGR51D2C5/$file/C-6-%20I-11.2%20PIP-1%20Homework%20MARKED%20UP%205_15_22.pdf

Of note. “Equitable” is in the mission statement. Not rigorous or challenging.

Essentially they said “we used to require 30 mins a DAY of reading/homework, now let’s set a max of 30 mins a WEEK” — across all grades with varying original specified times[/quote]

That's not what this policy says.  I don't understand at all where you're getting that.  It says 30 minutes per day max in K-2 grade, 45 minutes per day in grade 3, 60 minutes in grades 4 and 5, plus instrument practice.  60 minutes per day plus instrument is significant, I think.  There's nothing wrong with this policy.[/quote]
The policy also says a maximum of 60 minutes of homework per week for each high school course. That's 12 minutes per night per course, assuming five nights of homework.[/quote]

How old are your kids?

HSs are on block schedule so most classes don’t meet 5x/wk. [/quote]

They're still taking the same number of classes. [/quote]

But the pacing of homework is different. They aren't usually working on the same subject 5 nights/week. 
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I don't see what difference it makes which class you're doing the homework for. It's still the same amount of time overall. (We're talking theory here, assuming 60 minutes of homework for each course is being assigned each week). You can spread out which assignments you're working on however you want, including over the weekend. If nothing happens to be due in any of your classes until Monday, you can do it all over the weekend if you choose. It's still the same amount of work, isn't it?
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