So, you ask why, after all of this time am I taking Harry out of school? Well, there are a multitude of reasons:
1. He's not learning ANYTHING there.
2. He has two teachers, one who is there MT and every other W and the other who is there ThF and the other W. Neither of them want to be there and it shows. I can't help but think "hey, you work 2 maybe 3 days a week, act like you're happy."
3. One of his teachers is out on maternity leave and the sub is a complete dingbat. I was thinking idiot, but I don't think she's malicious. Just not all there.
4. More than half his class are ESOL learners.
5. The accomodations they deigned to make for Harry already being able to read are a joke. They sit him at a table by himself to to more work. He hates it. Plus with the new teacher there, nothing is happening.
6. He gets completely stressed out if he is at school for an entire week. He thinks it's fun to see his friends and will be unhappy when I tell him he's not going back, but in the long run it'll be better.
In the end, we are the parents and get to make the hard decisions for our kids. In this case it means no more school for now. I don't know about first grade, for now we're taking it one day at a time.
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Hi, I couldn't resist asking if you considered taking him to a different school or even school district. Do they not have GT for kindergarten? A very close friend of mine has a daughter in kindergarten in Middletown, and their experience seems to be so different from yours. Of course it is in a new state-of-the-art primary school building.
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