Originally Posted by jyardgirl
at the public school that my son goes to it is very hard. every 9 weeks they have exams. every year the last 3 months are consumed by stanford 10 tests and the sols. if you make a c or lower for the 9 week period then you have to stay after school for remediation. no cell phones, hats, or thank god baggy pants are allowed. if you are caught hugging for more than 1 minute than you have saturday detention. if you curse anyone than it is a saturday detention. if you do not turn in homework for 3 times in a class in 9 weeks than it is a saturday detention. if you do not show up for a saturday than it is 3 days suspension. needless to say the work is hard and so is the discipline. my son is in 8th grade and has to take a foreign language, algebra 1, world history, and english lit. The students are also encouraged to join a team sport. Our little town has one of the highest ranked school in the nation compared with other scools its size. If you can not carry the load than they have special classes for those who need the extra help. If you give them too much trouble than you are sent to a school for violent children at our state capital. all paid for by our school. Charlie loves the work even though he does not get as good grades as he is capable of. But that is a teenager. They also have somethi called intouch program that allows me to see all homework that is due and any problems that he may be having. That is why we chose to buy our home here.