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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is so NOT important for your child to stay at his elementary school for 5th grade if it means a questionable middle school path.

5th grade is when students begin to shape their identity as a student and as a person separate from you and their family.  Peer group, engagement and school environment through middle school is key to preventing drop-outs, substance abuse and attitudes about school going forward.

5th graders are also developmentally poised to think about and absorb abstract academic concepts that are rarely even introduced at most DCPS elementary schools which are structurally still stuck on trying to get PARCC scores up in reading and math.  This is the time to challenge students and light a fire under their academic curiosity about the world.  It is NOT the time to worry about them being safe and warm at their little neighborhood elementary school.

This is hard for first time parents who may think their 5the grader is still just a little kid.  Your 10-11 year old is on the edge of a huge leap of maturity and independence. May happen over the summer.  Puberty is nigh.

It's not a bad thing to keep your student at their elementary for 5th grade if your circumstances require it.  It won't stunt them or slow them down ( probably ).  But it is also a great thing to move them to a new environment and introduce them to new kinds of kids and friendships at this age.

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Hello Charter Shill! How much do they pay you to post this stuff - Very creative, and plays to higher SES parent insecurities.  Well played![/quote]

I chose a charter school for my kid since I found Amidon and Jefferson and Eastern inadequate to meet my kids needs. When about 80 to 90% of the students at a school are not proficient in reading and math, I find it hard to believe that differentiation in class is going to meet my kid's needs who was reading chapter books in kindergarten and doing 4-5th grade math in 2nd and 3rd grade. Even if my kid was not accelerated in math and reading and was average, then I would still find it hard to believe that theses schools could meet his needs when most of the students are functioning years behind and are not proficient in reading and math.

I am a strong Democrat and know many at out school and I like charters but I am not a shill. I would like to see increased financial transparency and rules to force charters to spend 90 to 95% of the money on the students and teachers and to make sure that charter operators do not make excessive personal profits with public money.

I also support public schools but believe that public schools need flexible ability grouping in separate classes along with a full complement of accelerated  classes. I also think that public schools and the law needs to handle students who regularly disrupt classes by providing separate classrooms and schools in extreme cases so as not to hurt everyone else's education.[/quote]

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