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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems ludicrous that they wasted an entire day with bussing, teachers, and admin on a noninstructional school day. My kid found it painful and too long. In addition, some of the teachers said they would have to repeat the information given in class on Tuesday because there were sophomores enrolled as well.

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I agree it was not really useful for HS in part because so many classes are not just freshman.  And it didn’t do anything to alleviate my kids anxiety about HS—it made it significantly worse because all the teachers used it as an opportunity to just talk about rules and how much homework there will be.  Having an entire day with person after person telling you what not to do and how much work it will be does not lessen anxiety, if that was the goal for transition day.  Maybe other kids experienced it differently but for our family, I’d say it was not super successful.  Wonder what the teachers thought.[/quote]

Yes my 9th grader also came home anxious -- all they did was introduce themselves and then teachers talked about the cell phone policy over and over again.

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Mine is in 10th but said that happened today, too, and it made for a very negative first day of school. Double whammy for the ninth graders. My kid, who is a positive, high-achieving student, just came home angry and disappointed. She was ready to learn and just got lectured repeatedly all day. [/quote]

Wait until day 3, more of the same. Ist week and last week in school year is for nothing.[/quote]

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