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[quote=Anonymous]My dd is in the Arlington Waldorf k class. It is beautiful and wonderful and magical. The teachers are inspirational and the community richly diverse with families from many ethnicities and backgrounds. The class is multi age and every day the children play outside in spite of the weather. They eat organic foods at snacktime and wash their dishes after. There is an emphasis on appreciating those things in life that cannot be purchased. But it is also only several hours a week and I as parent can suppplement the approach at home as I see fit. For example I disagree with the lack of academic instruction in Waldorf and teach her reading and math. I think of it as if I am a family of one denomination sending my child to a school with another faith. It feels comfortable to me to take from the Waldorf experience what it has to offer. Shame on any parent for allowing their child to get behind in reading and then blaming the school. Many Waldorf children are above grade level in reading. I see it as our responsibility as parents to make sure our children are flourishing in their classroom settings. Some kids will do fantastic at Waldorf and some not. But that is true of all private... and public schools.  If the culture of a private school makes you uncomfortable then I would not recommend sending your child there. But I have been surprised at how truly mainstream the families and community is that makes up the school.[/quote]

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