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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In this entire thread, I've only read 8 or 9 actual answers to the question. Here's what I've culled:

[u][b]GDS[/b][/u]
[b]Parent 1[/b]: 2-3 hours in Grade 9, goes up a little in 10th and a lot in 11th
[b]Parent 2[/b]: Grade 9 is manageable, and Grade 11 is “insane” depending on course selection
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[b]Sidwell[/b][/u]
[b]Parent 1, child 1[/b]: Took hardest courses available, 2 hours per night, plus free periods. Fast, efficient worker, happy to do “good enough” job.
[b]Parent 1, child 2[/b]: “Much longer”

[b]Parent 2[/b]: Sidwell Junior, home by 7 or 8, works until 1 a.m.

[u][b]St. Albans[/b][/u]
Handbook says 1 hour per night per course. But parent says new block scheduling allows for up to 65 minutes free per day, and the secret to doing well is to take advantage of all the free time during the day. No reports on actual hours spent on homework from any STA parent.

[u][b]NCS[/b][/u]
Handbook says there's a limit of 42 minutes per class per night = 210 minutes for 5 classes = 3.5 hours
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[b]Holton[/b][/u]
Grade 9, 1.5-2 hours per night, plus 1 hour per day in school

[u][b]Mystery school[/b][/u]
Freshman year – 3.5 hours; soph – 4.5 hours; junior – 6 hours sometimes; senior – back to 4 hours per night

[u][b]Public School[/b][/u]
2 hours in Grade 9, 3 in Grade 10

[u][b]Mystery Big 3 school[/b][/u]
[b]Same parent as Public School[/b] - 50 percent more work than public school child, some kids up until 11 or 12 starting in freshman year

I'd be interested in hearing some more hard numbers from parents, attaching amounts to schools. I feel like people are shying away from conceding that a lot of us have kids cranking out homework for 3 or 4 hours almost every night. [/quote]

FYI, you may have missed the part about NCS/St. Albans not having 5 classes per day because of their schedule .   A student taking 5 classes has a cycle of 25 classes over 7 days -- basically 3 or 4 per day (or 3.6 if you average it).  Using the NCS  total of minutes, that would be 126 minutes for a 3 class day (2 hours) or 168 minutes for a 4 class day (2 hours, 45 minutes).  Obviously kids might spend more.  But it makes a big difference if you have 3 or 4 of your 5 classes on a day, not all 5 every day.[/quote]

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