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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My magnet kid is responsible for own homework. I do not tutor or provide executive functioning help. My kid does not always get straight A’s, but they are my kid’s grades, not mine.[/quote]

So you don’t provide any support that enables your child to be successful in the Magnet program?  I don’t help my child with homework. I have over the years provided significant logistical help that would not have been necessary if my child attended our home school. Transportation to and from school, transportation or hosting meetings for group projects (Eastern has many of these). Extra effort to make extracurricular activities at school possible.  All these things are more complicated and time consuming when your child goes to a Magnet program and do require parental involvement and time above and beyond what is required at a home school.   Some children also need a lot of help with time management and study skills especially in 6th grade and 9th grade.   The magnet workload is pretty high and when you take a group of linked classes the assignments can be a lot to juggle. My child was able to handle it without much hand holding and it sounds like you child was also very independent but [b]some level of parental guidance is frequently needed for some Magnet children[/b] [/quote]

DP. Some level of parental guidance is frequently needed for [b]all [/b]children, eh?

I've had one kid in the MS magnet program and one kid in the home MS. Aside from transportation to and from the central bus stop, and the enormou$$$ check for the 8th grade magnet field trip, the magnet MS kid has not needed any more parental effort or support than the home MS kid.[/quote]

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