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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I am surprised to read some of the responses.  I had heard that most of the top area private schools in our area are less rigorous in the early years, and that bears out in our experience too.  My kids attend a highly-regarded private school, and our neighborhood kids in public school sound like they are doing a lot more homework than mine are.  My neighbors gripe that a bunch of it is "busy" work, but their kids are definitely having to sit down for longer periods of time to do it.

The difference in rigor is something my parent friends in our school are aware of, and we discuss it.   Echoing some of the other comments here, we like the attention our kids are getting in the specials and in helping them develop socially.  We like that the school emphasizes a love of learning, and that there is a wide range of abilities in each class.  We also really like the community.   My friends and I are trusting the school to "ramp up" the kids' study skills, etc so they will eventually be ready for our rigorous upper school.  Each year we evaluate things and are content with our choice.

Yes, there are definitely times I wish that my kids were challenged a bit more, and there are times I feel uneasy that when it's time to "ramp up" - my kids won't be ready.  The bottom line, however, is that I'm trusting the school to give my kids what they need when they need it.  I'm trusting myself to figure out when there are gaps and to escalate things to my kids' teachers.

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