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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]"It seems to me that in ES, kids are generally just kids, and barring a few cases the curriculum is generally the same. The peer group issues start to come into effect later in the schooling process. I don't have any real data to back this up though; just my own feelings so take that for what it's worth! "

also my sense. If your ES does a good job of not ignoring non-FARMS kids then your child will be learning what they need to learn and negative social issues should not be too significant. MS and HS - social issues are the biggest concern in my view. It's entirely possible that a HS"s academic offerings could be stellar, but if i'm worried my kid will get beat up or be more likely to hang out with kids not spending their time well then it's a non-starter. 
sigh - which is why we have a few years until we need to seriously house hunt...[/quote]

I also think for many parents it is easier for them to supplement if they are not 100% thrilled with the degree of challenge in the curriculum in elementary school.  Most people can work on reading and basic math at home.  Later on in middle school and high school when kids really need to learn how to write, critically think, discuss literature, etc. I think it might be harder for most parents to supplement.  I'm pretty sure I could help a high schooler out with trig, but I'd need to brush up, whereas teaching addition or fractions or whatever would be pretty easy.[/quote]

I agree with this 100%.  Stick in the home you have now and help them with the basics and beyond.  It is also much easier to connect with only 1-2 teachers as opposed to 6-8 in upper schools.  We live in an area that has the best of the ES and our MS and HS are average.  After sending our kid to one year of MS, we sent her to private.  It was that AWFUL.  [/quote]

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