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In our school district it's widely known that first grade has more homework than the other grades. I think it's just that there is so much more stuff they are trying to teach, I don't know, but I hated it when each of my kids were in it. Even my high schooler didn't seem to have so much homework, of course we don't have to help him so he probably does have more, but I don't see it all. I would talk to other parents who have kids in other grades. I would also try to talk to parents of kids in the charter school. I know we at one point looked at putting our kids in one and when we took the tour it sounded wonderful. However, many of the things they were working on like computers and keyboards and a new building, were not there yet and we decided to wait. We left that area four years later and the entire school was still housed in one windowless building (that was supposed to be their future gym) and people we knew were pulling thier kids out and finding thier kids were behind. The people who started it had some wonderful, grand ideas, but in reality they just didn't work.
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