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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not sure that exists in DC. Not even in the private schools, really, at least not by 1st grade.[/quote]

That was my concern...[/quote]

Actually the non-parochial independent schools have a lot of free time / recess / creative time in all the early grades.

OP, have you looked into financial aid at these schools?  Sheridan, Lowell, CHDS,  Beauvoir,  Burgundy....some have  more financial aid than others. [/quote]

So does CMI but OP’s kid is still struggling. Honestly OP, I do think you should have her assessed by a psychologists. Sounds like something deeper than not having enough recess at school.[/quote]

I'm the PP and we agree that OP's child may benefit from an independent assessment of the psycho-social factors.  But.  CMI has nowhere near the true free time every day, week in, week out, as the progressive lower schools that do no standardized testing.  It's not even close.  That's a major reason parents choose these schools - because they have 3-4 recesses at day, PULS studio art and/or music, PLUS phys ed, PLUS social lunch times that are joyous and talkative.   At the school on this list that I know best, the elementary kids don't even sit at desks to do their independent work (they flop on the floor, couch, whatever).

Public behavior charts and other fun shaming techniques from the 1950s are unheard of.

Anyway, OP, financial aid can make these places a reality.  But please do explore the possibility that your daughter has some anxiety traits that are being triggered by her current setting.  Good luck[/quote]

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