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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He has to do 30 math questions a night.. due the next day unless assigned on Thursday then they are due on Monday, so that is almost an every night thing.  We typically study this type of information during the week: we study for latin and make flashcards for his vocab, we study Classics and study the flashcards he made in class, study geography worksheets and go over the required knowledge for the quizzes.  He organizes all the papers he had from all the classes that he put into his expanding folder daily, does classics worksheets, english worksheets, science worksheets, geography worksheets as assigned.  Its a lot for ME so that is why I reached out to other parents for advice and wonderfully I received great advice already and also understanding so again, thank you.  All we do here at home is we go through his ENTIRE journal for that day and complete the tasks that it says to do.  So when it says study, we study, if it says to complete worksheets 50 thru 64 plus 70 to 74 due in two days for his english workbook, we do that.  If it says make sure a a table in contents is in front of the science binder to keep the worksheets organized and make sure the worksheets are in order and completed for review checks every friday, we make sure its done.  I am not bashing BASIS AT ALL.  In fact I think at this age it is very good to keep them focused on homework and learning considering what they COULD be focusing on.  We are having a hard time adjusting and I do not say he because I am as well.  I don't want the moms out there to get nervous about sending their kids to BASIS, I mean in the long run its only going to help the kids right? I remember 5th grade being a challenge for me as well ,once upon a time. I just needed some advice.  I know my son doesn't have a learning disability.  He has always gotten good grades and scored high on tests with praise from his teachers.  It is the the abundance of after school work and lack of free time we seem to have that is hard for us to acclimate to.  Hopefully as time goes by he will get faster at completing the work.  My daughter is in a DCPS school as well and I have to say that the amount of work the BASIS teachers and DCPS teachers have put into my kids coming from the beloved fairfax county schools is really actually amazing and much better then fairfax already.  Don't shoot me for saying it but it's absolutely true so far.    [/quote]

So what you're saying is that it takes a highly-involved educated parent to make BASIS work? All those parents who don't have the time or the education need not apply? Smart money says BASIS is less than 20% FARM this year. Pity the PCSB can't find their frickin' car keys, because any involved governing board would pull the funding on this little enterprise. In the meantime, the Blocks profit. God Bless America![/quote]

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