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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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Have you tried talking to the teachers about this? Asking about it? Or reaching out to admin or the tech people about the classes in which your kid seems to have a lot of free time? Seems like a problem that could get solved. [/quote]

I'm not OP, and it does seem like a problem that could get solved if, and it's a big if, admins and teachers were really on the ball.  For the most part, they aren't.

Dealing with hundreds of poorly prepared low SES kids (read the majority of the student body) is a big job for them.  You can't expect can't expect special treatment for your low-key, working-at-or-above-grade-level UMC kid (if you enroll one).[/quote]

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