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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel bad for 1st grade teachers. My DD who was in person in private all last year is incredibly bored in public 1st. She’s normally very well behaved but I got a note from the teacher today letting me know she’s refusing to do some of her work because “it’s easy kindergarten work that she already knows”. She’s not wrong (it’s a lot of what she did last year) but it’s like 2 months into 1st grade, she’s just like “nope…” Sigh.[/quote]

You pulled your DD out of private? That was such a bad decision. I know others IRL who did this and I’m like… why? Why wouldn’t you wait another year or two until things settle down? So dumb.[/quote]

Yes, I did and I am regretting it on some levels. We never wanted to do private school but were forced into it last year so she could go in person. I naively thought this year would be better than it has been and was eager to get her with her peer group. Right now, I'm kind of wishing we hadn't left. [/quote]

I'm curious about this as someone who made similar choices.  I think that in-person first grade is actually going really well at the public school.  Better than I expected.  What are you missing now that you got last year in private?  [/quote]

I like that she's getting to know her peer group and kids in our neighborhood - honestly, that was our #1 reason for switching to public. However, the curriculum of public 1st thus far has been equivalent to her private K. She's not learned a single new to her thing yet. The teacher has mentioned there's a lot of catch up she's needing to do for a lot of kids. I get the sense that she's doing a lot of waiting for other kids to finish up and I know she's not being challenged. Also her class size is giant (24) compared to her private last year (14). From a purely academic standpoint, she's gotten nothing out of it. [/quote]

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