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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The private school our DD goes to has aftercare and a ton of after school clubs/classes. We have to send her with lunch. [/quote]

Same here.  After school optional items offered by the school at Elementary School level include general AfterCare, STEM enrichment, Art enrichment, Chess club, Music classes, Sports, etc.  We still have to take DC to their swim classes.  Our street does not have other kids our kids age to play with, so they actually like going to the general AfterCare because they can play with friends (outside in good weather, inside if raining).

Math curriculum is good and they use direct instruction with printed textbooks (not electronic) and have a bit of homework (not too much) for practice, so math enrichment is not really needed (at least for now).  No electronics (or Chromebooks or laptops) outside of the 1 hour per week computer class.  There must be some dud teachers, as any school will have some, but we have been lucky so far.  Our public elementary uses electronic textbooks, which we prefer to avoid, and their math curriculum/approach keeps changing — all according to people at church whose kids attend that public.  Others at church report things that do improve a lot in the local public once kids get to MS and HS, so we will reevaluate when DC get to MS.

Different families are different.  Different children are different. Just because private works well for us, and some others, does not mean it is the best option for all families.  Also, there can be wide variance between schools, even within the same county public school system.  So people living in different neighborhoods likely will have different experiences.[/quote]

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