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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also want to add.  There are no gifted education programs here.  That was a bit of a shock when we moved.  I have also heard but do not have experience, that special education is very much lacking and families that can afford private special education have their kids attend Chartwell School.  [/quote]

+1. California schools are abysmally funded relative to DMV schools (and really most East Coast schools). Gifted programs were cut a number of years ago (though a few wealthy districts pay for them through local taxes). Special ed is woefully underfunded. Many public schools don't offer music, art, languages, or sports unless the programs are paid for locally. It is definitely a shock for families coming from strong East Coast districts (and one of the saddest stories of California's tax system, which limited property tax-based funding of K-12 schools in the late 70s).[/quote]
+1  one of the reasons we moved out of CA. But if I had a lot of money, I'd go back in a heartbeat and put my kids in private school.

I hate the weather here. We have barely spent anytime outdoors in the past few weeks. Too wet or too humid.   When we were living in CA, we went outside (other than to/from school/work) almost everyday, 365/year. Kids went to the park everyday after school.  They had outdoor recess everyday; they ate lunch outside almost everyday.  Not here.

Now, they are turning into mushrooms, ensconsed in their dark rooms (no sun for days), getting almost no exercise other than forced sports participation (because otherwise they'd get no exercise), and  even with that, soccer has been canceled twice in the past two weeks.  OMG, typing this out is even more depressing.[/quote]

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