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[quote=Anonymous]In our public it was not a ramp up year. There was homework in 3rd - 15 minutes of free choice reading daily (my kids usually exceeded, but they're readers) and a weekly packet that was about 4 pages of math work to do. My kids were in AAP in FCPS. However after 3rd the homework stopped. Turns out the only reason there was homework in 3rd was because the grade team lead felt strongly about it.

In our religious private my kids have a similar workload to what you describe.

My older kids show the impact of no homework. They are both decently good at math, understanding concepts quickly. However they make the silliest math mistakes, even my 8th grader in geometry. They would have done better having concepts from 4th on drilled in public. I'm grateful for the homework they have in private. I'm also grateful they actually do real, hands-on science instead of endlessly drawing yet another life cycle until they never want to hear that phrase ever again.

Will the rigor of the private continue to match what FCPS can offer in terms of advanced classes in high school (especially at TJ)? I don't delude myself it will. But for the younger grades the regular homework practice allows the kids to master subjects in a way that FCPS simply did not.[/quote]

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