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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of a 6th grader at DCI. My frustration is centered on the fact that my kid seems to have an awful lot of free time at school during classes. And it seems I have to manage this free time from afar by asking the school to lock down certain websites so she can't play games, open up accounts on music sites, etc. And then I get to be the bad guy when she's bored. Asking for more to do doesn't seem to be encouraged and in some classes, she said she has already completed the next module/assignment so she plays games.

I don't have a problem with chromebooks per se. I have an issue with my kid needing it to fill her time in class when she is finished with her work. And with me feeling like I have to manage this.

We have no other options.

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Can parents of middle schoolers at other schools possibly weigh in? Is this normal? We're at a DCI feeder but this thread, plus comments from parents I know who have pulled their kids out, make me think this school is not going to serve my children either. These chromebooks seem to be a major problem. I also expected IB would mean the school would be even more challenging, but instead it seems less. At this point, I have no idea what we'll do.
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DCI should engage fourth grade feeder parents more. We had to scramble to tour DCI after our child matched at BASIS and it was kind of grudging as the process isn't designed for fourth grade families. I understand why, but I think waiting until fifth grade to start to get feeder families excited is too late. [/quote]

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