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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]if that's what they want, they wont be satisfied.  [/quote]

Sounds like the spouse wants the children to receive a classical education. There’s a whole movement for that, but it’s outside public schools.  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_education_movement.  [/quote]

How does encouraging reading full length books constitute a separate educational movement??  I don't believe Langley has any affiliation to this, but there were several assigned novels.  Will 6th grade be more robust, maybe I can convince spouse that we return for 6th, as awkward that is socially...[/quote]

You seem to be insistent upon finding the answer you're looking for when it just isn't there.  APS reading and writing curriculum does not have the same baseline expectations as a private school. Period.  That isn't going to change next year.  As a parent of two APS students since kindergarten, now both in high school, APS has gone DOWN in quality.  Still have great teachers; but when those great teachers are not allowed to vary the curriculum or venture beyond it, it doesn't matter how great they are.  The curriculum you are looking for is not likely going to be in APS.

Talk directly with the principals at the schools your child will be attending (5th, MS, and HS)  Ask parents specifically from those schools what their kids' experiences were/are.  Listen to what they tell you - don't keep trying to get them to confirm what you're hoping to hear so you can persuade your spouse.

FWIW, 6th grade is a much more logical time to transition than 5th in Arlington because we have the middle school system that begins with 6th.  5th grade is just being the new kid for one year.  Does your elementary school all go to the same MS?  Your kid is not guaranteed to be in classes with their 5th grade friends and friendships change throughout middle school - and even high school.  Much easier to be the new kid when all their classmates are new to the school than it is to be the new kid at the end of elementary school.

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