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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not really sure why it's the schools fault that you don't get more time with your kids in the evenings because you don't get home until 6.[/quote]

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OP here.  Please elaborate.  I have a job.  I would love to be an heiress but alas, that is not my lot in life.   I think it's normal to work to put food on the table, a roof over your head is it not?  And if this is in reference to having two working parents - I'm afraid that's far and away the norm these days.  Most, us included, have no other way of making ends meet. [/quote]

Please spare us the guilt trip. Nobody is ragging on two working parent families. All I'm saying is that at some point your kid is going to have homework and if your excuse is that you only get 2 hours a night with them due to your work schedule then what are you going to do later in their school career when not doing homework is detrimental to their academic career? You're blaming the school for not catering to your work/home schedule which is completely unrealistic. You need to adjust your schedules--not expect the school to adjust their expectations of your child.[/quote]

NP, and I haven't yet read the next 11 pages worth of discussion. 
Obviously, like most of us, OP cannot adjust their schedule. I know, I know, you'd just like to let her eat cake. I'd wager that a large chunk of DC area families gets home at 6pm. 
Obviously, when OP's kid reaches 2nd grade, they'll do their homework in after-care or at home at night, and this will not be an issue.
A kindergartner cannot do *anything* without the assistance of an adult, except perhaps go potty. A kindergartner is *way more tired* and difficult at 6pm than a second grader. The impacts of K HW and 2nd grade HW on a family's time are hugely different. So spare us the "excuses excuses" and "blame shifting" BS you're throwing at OP. Their concern is completely legitimate.[/quote]

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