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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I am in a similar boat- my 4th grader at a JKLMM got PArcc scores just a bit below your child's, but more importantly I worry about the large class sizes she's had and that she is not getting any particular attention because the focus is on bringing low-scoring kids up and settling down the trouble-makers. A well-behaved, solidly performing girl is just not going to get much teacher special attention. And yet I know she is capable of doing so much more than the curriculum.
What really makes me concerned about my kids is that my 2nd grade Ds is leaps and bounds ahead of what his class is doing (math and reading), and I got pushback for requesting more challenging work from the teacher or some other outlet him to work at an advanced level. 
Over the years I've gotten responses like "everything is fine", which seem like ways to assuage parents' concerns, but I've failed to dig deep and have complacently assumed that all is fine.(I WOH  and have a lot on my plate--so I trust the school stuff is fine) Ultimately, my DD isn't thriving as I know she could be.
And I'm not referring to her zooming ahead in test scores, but I just know she could be developing her talents more.
She'll be lost in the crowd at Deal, I fear.We rent, and i've changed my home-buying plans to MoCo instead of NWDC. [/quote]

I think you are more likely to get lost in MoCo than Deal. Check it out before you move. Your child will be in a school within a school of 130 students. Pretty hard to get lost that way.[/quote]

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