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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From our experience with the 8th grade intensified classes, they are more rigorous. Honestly what they do in intensified is what I would have expected as the baseline in general classes. [/quote]

Agree in terms of workload.

I have kid who went through before intensified was an option and a kid there now. The non-intensified classes seem to cover the same basic topics as before, but has fewer assignments and less homework. Intensified has more work - a little more than before - and they do go deeper into topics.

I like that it offers kids different options for different subjects and kids aren’t “left behind” if they don’t do intensified in a certain subject in MS. And it separates the kids who really want to learn from those just trying to make it through. 
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I thought APS had a no homework policy until high school? That’s great if they have homework in middle school — I had heard the only home work was incomplete class work. [/quote]

No, my kids have always had some amount of homework in MS. They do get an extra period of “study hall” and sometimes some extra time during class so many can get a lot of it done at school but it does exist for most classes. It builds each year.

For middle school, I think it’s 45 min/week max per class (5 core + 2 electives) plus 30 min reading every night. 
https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/arlington/Board.nsf/files/CFGKGP51D2AF/$file/C-6-%20I-11.2%20PIP-1%20Homework%20CLEAN%205_27_22.pdf
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Thanks I must have been thinking of elem.

How is the reading enforced, are they assigned multiple novels per year they have to test/write reports on?[/quote]

ESs can still have some homework, per the policy.

They do read novels together and have work around them. If my kid finished the assigned reading then they read something else. 
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