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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you mean? Is something going wrong that isn't being addressed?[/quote]

I don't feel like he is challenged. There is 1 teacher and she mostly attends to the other kids who require more attention. My kid just sits at his desk, gets homework that is just busywork. I don't know if private school it the answer or a move to a different school district.[/quote]

I think this is partly the way 1st grade is.  Kids are very needy -- they need someone to read with them or to get them on task.  Could you possibly talk to parents of kids who are in the older grades at this school?

FWIW, my child is in another school in the same general area and there are only 12% farms... now with DC in 6th grade, I see that it wasn't just 1st grade.  It was kind of like this all the way through.  It is not that way at the AAP center where my other child goes.  I think there simply is a different expectation that the teachers have at the two schools.  But, I do remember that 1st grade was kind of chaotic.  I wouldn't assume, however, that desk work is "busy work."  You won't get private school attention in a public school.  First grade may be too soon to tell.... but you can look ahead by talking to parents of other students.[/quote]

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