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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Public pluses and downsides: Jklm filled with bright motivated kids and parents; whatever is lacking is not having PE everyday is trust me made up after school, tons of sports and enrichment opportunities on campus. These kids get plenty of exercise. [b]Testing [/b]doesn't become a downside until third grade and[b] it does impact the curriculum for about two months a year[/b], but class sizes are totally manageable (we have twenty) and love being part of a neighborhood school and teachers are super responsive in fact I'd say more so because you see them every day at drop off and pick up as opposed to being in a car pool line. My teachers have always been super responsive.

Private downsides and pluses: more art is great, no testing provides more freedom in older grades, prettier facilities sometimes. And ... Smaller classes can be a plus or a minus. I can see it going either way. Sometimes privates are too small to find your tribe. Middle school is where there is a big divide that begins to take place. If money is any issue, apply in middle.[/quote]

2 months a year? Can that be right?[/quote]

No, not in my kids' experience.[/quote]

not at Mann,  and our scores are usually fairly high.

Although with the PARCC, the test is happening twice and the idea that third graders are going to be able to type out answers is ridiculous, so more time is being spent getting used to the computer experience - but again, my kids have no idea that the scores really matter and we never tell them what they get, so the person on the other thread who said that the kids feel the pressure of the test just would not be right in terms of our school, and I bet other JKLMs as well.

I think people are relaxed about the PARCC now because everyone has agreed it won't count?  Anyway, still not a lot of time being spent at Mann on test prep[/quote]

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