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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone make a hypothetical comparison between the 4th through 6th experience at NCS and NPS? [/quote]

I’m sure NCS is more rigorous. Also, at NCS the dynamic will be different because 4th-6th are the younger grades.  NPS holds on to childhood and your kid will be the oldest at the school in 4th-6th.[/quote]

That extension of childhood is really the best thing about NPS.  It really does matter.[/quote]

They claim to extend childhood and their kids stay young longer, but every year there is some god awful issue with the older grades.  The year dd was there the 4th grade boys were ranking the 10 year old girls from most hot to least hot.  This year there was just a huge blow up a couple of weeks ago bc a girl was texting some pretty horrific racial slurs to the whole class.  It happens yearly.  Does it happen everywhere?  Maybe.  But the "we hold onto childhood longer" is total crap.[/quote]

Nonsense[/quote]

+1. 4th grade boys noticing girls! Oh, the horror. [/quote]

That's not the issue. NP who was interested in nps for DD but not so sure. The issue is the school didn't do anything about it. Based on the bullying post and this one it seems the school doesn't address bad behavior? That doesn't seem right[/quote]

NP and totally unrelated to this discussion- but come on. Do you not have or are you ever around boys this age? If only as pp described that’s pretty standard and pretty innocuous behavior [/quote]

So is it boys will be boys or we keep them young for longer?  Because you can't have it both ways.  Either you agree that keeping them young is crap and their 10 year olds are making hot or not lists and 6th graders are using racial slurs, or it's just boys being boys.  You can't have it both ways[/quote]

I’m saying that 10 YO boys making hot lists is a part of childhood and is completely age appropriate. The 6th grade thing is more problematic and wrong, obviously, but I’m not convinced that actually happened [/quote]

Are you an nps parent? The PP must be telling some kind of truth becausw yes it might be age appropriate but it's not ok behavior that needs to be addressed. But if parents and admin are treating it as a suck it up kind of thing that's not cool[/quote]

It's definitely behavior that needs to be addressed. And as a parent I actually think that elementary school can be a blessing in disguise for thoughtfully addressing and learning from mistakes (aka "teachable moments"). They should not be excused, and I have no reason to think NPS would do anything except address them seriously and in line with its approach to childhood. Better to learn from it now than in middle or god forbid high school.[/quote]

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