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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a current 10th grader who went to Eastern. In many ways, it was an excellent choice. She made good friends, was challenged academically, did some amazing in-depth projects, and grew in independence and confidence.  Negatives included a challenging commute (long bus ride plus needed a parent to drive to/from the bus stop every day), long days (bus ride plus she did after-school band), a few teachers with what felt like inappropriately high expectations (especially the 6th grade teacher mentioned already), and that her friend group split up to multiple high schools and my kid ended up without close friends at the high school she chose.  My younger kid is at our home middle school and the difference in academics is laughably huge; I wish they were getting the same kind of challenge and enrichment, but am grateful for the easier commute and the continuity in friends.[/quote]
So your child would have done about half virtually? My child was a year ahead and I’m not commenting about several issues cause I don’t consider it all that relevant to OP, but I am shocked to hear anyone would consider it a good experience during COVID. Eastern was a shitshow. My kid had virtual classes that the teacher just didn’t show up to. [/quote]

Yeah, my kid did 7th grade virtually. Not great, but not terrible — still did the big IDRP paper and the NHD project/competition as highlights for that year. Didn’t have a problem with teachers not showing up. Obviously there were problems with virtual school, but I doubt she would have had a better experience at her home middle school. I know some kids had a much harder time with it, so maybe we were just lucky with how our kid handled virtual learning. COVID restrictions affected the big 8th grade trip, too, but I thought the teachers and administration did a good job of finding alternatives that still let the students have a good experience.[/quote]

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