I wouldn’t switch schools without first identifying the problem. What specifically is your child struggling with? Can it be addressed with tutoring and better study havnits, for example, or are they missing foundational knowledge?

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Anonymous wrote:I would try SAES. It's tough(assuming your kid is a lifer) since you aren't really sure how they will be academically. Get poor grades will also impact admissions chances for college and I'm sure, the health of your kid. I would try throwing an app out(I know they are due soon) to a school or two now to alleviate this situation for next year

SAES does nothing to help students who are having an academic challenge. The teachers are very hands off.

Untrue. You are a troll who has started posting this every time SAES comes up.

No I am not a "troll" I am a parent of a current student.

If you dislike school so much, why are you still there?

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone been in this situation at a "big three"? Did your child end up staying or did they leave for a less academically intense school?

I am surprised if this is your situation at at “Big Three” that you have not already spoken with an academic support counselor. You should be getting early intervention before your kids ends up with Cs and Ds on their report card in MS.

At the very least you should be getting recommendations for tutoring and perhaps also an LD assessment.

If changing schools is the right choice for you kid, the MS principal/head in concert with the academic support team should/would be in contact with you to make that recommendation.

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Anonymous wrote:I would try SAES. It's tough(assuming your kid is a lifer) since you aren't really sure how they will be academically. Get poor grades will also impact admissions chances for college and I'm sure, the health of your kid. I would try throwing an app out(I know they are due soon) to a school or two now to alleviate this situation for next year

SAES does nothing to help students who are having an academic challenge. The teachers are very hands off.

Untrue. You are a troll who has started posting this every time SAES comes up.

No I am not a "troll" I am a parent of a current student.

Any chance that your child previously attended St. Anselm's? You sound familiar.

Your child's experience is not the same as the other 700 students. No matter how often you post.

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Anonymous wrote:I would try SAES. It's tough(assuming your kid is a lifer) since you aren't really sure how they will be academically. Get poor grades will also impact admissions chances for college and I'm sure, the health of your kid. I would try throwing an app out(I know they are due soon) to a school or two now to alleviate this situation for next year

SAES does nothing to help students who are having an academic challenge. The teachers are very hands off.

Untrue. You are a troll who has started posting this every time SAES comes up.

No I am not a "troll" I am a parent of a current student.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would try SAES. It's tough(assuming your kid is a lifer) since you aren't really sure how they will be academically. Get poor grades will also impact admissions chances for college and I'm sure, the health of your kid. I would try throwing an app out(I know they are due soon) to a school or two now to alleviate this situation for next year

SAES does nothing to help students who are having an academic challenge. The teachers are very hands off.

Untrue. You are a troll who has started posting this every time SAES comes up.

Anonymous wrote:I would try SAES. It's tough(assuming your kid is a lifer) since you aren't really sure how they will be academically. Get poor grades will also impact admissions chances for college and I'm sure, the health of your kid. I would try throwing an app out(I know they are due soon) to a school or two now to alleviate this situation for next year

SAES does nothing to help students who are having an academic challenge. The teachers are very hands off.

If they are new this fall, maybe meet with teachers and try to figure out if it's just adjustment to new school and expectations and what supports can be put into place both in and out of school? Your child may settle in and figure it out. If still struggling at end of next trimester, then yes, I'd look for a less intense academic setting.

What does the school say?

Is it the work load or the content or both? My son got Cs after I switched him from public to Catholic school in 6th grade. It was then that I saw how meaningless the As were he got in public school. His new teachers expected A LOT more from him in Catholic school. The straight As were gone and didn’t return until now in 12th grade. He’s finally able to keep all of the balls in the air.

I would move him to public and put in the money saved into hiring a team of tutors that made up all content gaps and removed all academic weakness out of him before he went to HS.

I would go see folks at the school to see what is going on. It can be an adjustment coming into one of these places BUT i would definitely start looking at a better fit for high school - something less intense and would ask the school for help when the time comes

I would try SAES. It's tough(assuming your kid is a lifer) since you aren't really sure how they will be academically. Get poor grades will also impact admissions chances for college and I'm sure, the health of your kid. I would try throwing an app out(I know they are due soon) to a school or two now to alleviate this situation for next year

I would run to a new school. High school is going to be miserable and life is too short to subject your kid to this.
The work load doubles if not triples or more in high school.

Has anyone been in this situation at a "big three"? Did your child end up staying or did they leave for a less academically intense school?