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Stigma

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Community thinks that more money will solve everything

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Small - while good in some ways, may be harder to offer wide range of opportunities

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Small - while good in some ways, may be harder to offer wide range of opportunities

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Better knowledge on inclusion programs/extra curriculars.

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Small classes are not always a good environment for shy students

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Parents holding their children more accountable to be good students, friends, and neighbors.

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We get in our own way: sometimes tradition can be a barrier in that “that’s the way it was always done”

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We get in our own way: sometimes tradition can be a barrier in that “that’s the way it was always done”

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Like: why are classes … classes? why is the school day … a school day?

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Covid exposed the groupthink in the BOE. Common sense went out the window

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Covid exposed the groupthink in the BOE. Common sense went out the window

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Elementary school version was lackluster for our now high schooler

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Need strong basic science skills for ALL students 

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Need strong basic science skills for ALL students 

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Intellectual snobbishnes among students and parents

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More dei initiatives. Coming along always more to improve upon. 

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More dei initiatives. Coming along always more to improve upon. 

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Staff seems to be overextended with duties

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Complacency can set in - the notion that we are already a great district can be a barrier to change.

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More support for heightened anxieties about illnesses, maladjustments to school, etc.

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It is really unacceptable that there is no foreign language taught in elementary school.

Waiting until high school to teach foreign language is too late. The brain is primed and wired for language acquisition in the early years of life.

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The high school counselors need to interact with both the students AND the parents a lot more. 

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The high school counselors need to interact with both the students AND the parents a lot more. 

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Facilities

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The program has changes every year since in the district, pushing to later in elementary (4th grade) which caused a gap in catching some kids who could have used the support in creating a positive school experience.

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Why not?

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Running out of space - need more classrooms, bigger cafe, etc 

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Running out of space - need more classrooms, bigger cafe, etc 

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Difficult to expand. Add space for both the school and athletics. Scheduling teams on that turf is TOUGH.

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money and property taxes. Bexley is an expensive place to buy a home.

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money and property taxes. Bexley is an expensive place to buy a home.

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Parents and students at Maryland or Montrose never seem to be featured in photos as much as students in Cassingham. Minor, but my child notices!

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Teachers union often runs the show; take covid shutdowns

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Early Literacy: I am not confident that my school is helping my young struggling reader in the way he needs. Based on OH report cards, this is an area for improvement for Bexley. 

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Early Literacy: I am not confident that my school is helping my young struggling reader in the way he needs. Based on OH report cards, this is an area for improvement for Bexley. 

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No one in district has admitted how they failed our kids during all the covid policies... from spring 2020 thru end of 2021 school year

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No one in district has admitted how they failed our kids during all the covid policies... from spring 2020 thru end of 2021 school year

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Gifted services are very lacking. From 1st grade through high school. The curriculum is ok. But there are no supports and gifted kids need support. 

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Gifted services are very lacking. From 1st grade through high school. The curriculum is ok. But there are no supports and gifted kids need support. 

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Missing the cassingham IB program. It was special.

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Some students are pushed so hard to be involved in AP classes, clubs, and sports that they forget how to be kids

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Finding the balance of the benefits of the 1:1 tech and students spending too much time on their devices in the classroom 

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Finding the balance of the benefits of the 1:1 tech and students spending too much time on their devices in the classroom 

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Pressure on HS students to take as many AP classes as possible

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Pressure on HS students to take as many AP classes as possible

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A concentration of success can be intimidating and a barrier to try something new. 

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A concentration of success can be intimidating and a barrier to try something new. 

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Lack of cultural learning in the curriculum

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Intervention Specialists can never have enough support, especially when they have high needs kids. They have to be in many places at once.

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There may be obstacles to being truly inclusive, including thinking that we already have solved that.

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Teachers often do what is good for them, not students. Example: if we truly love high school students we would start classes later; and elementary student s should start earlier.

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Between Elementary schools to build district wholeness

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Challenging attitudes about historical facts

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Challenging attitudes about historical facts

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Elementary recess is long, loud, chaotic and leads to social emotional/friendship issues 

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Elementary recess is long, loud, chaotic and leads to social emotional/friendship issues 

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Bexley is still very traditional in approach to learning with a heavy focus on standardized tests. Yes, those are necessary but let’s talk more about experiential opportunities for learning 

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Bexley is still very traditional in approach to learning with a heavy focus on standardized tests. Yes, those are necessary but let’s talk more about experiential opportunities for learning 

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Lack of diversity…both racial and economic 

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Lack of diversity…both racial and economic 

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Can we please go back to our individual elementary schools? Each school used to have its own personality. And now they're forcing them to all be exactly the same. 

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Can we please go back to our individual elementary schools? Each school used to have its own personality. And now they're forcing them to all be exactly the same. 

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Would like to see more project-based and experiential learning, starting in early grades. In general, want to see that administrators understand that education needs to evolve. 

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Would like to see more project-based and experiential learning, starting in early grades. In general, want to see that administrators understand that education needs to evolve. 

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Not enough science at younger grades in Elementary

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Not enough science at younger grades in Elementary

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Many parents work with external private paid companies. Should not need that in a district with our resources.

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My child and many of his peers often report numerous instances of bullying throughout the school day, often based on socioeconomic standing.

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The district embraces...liberal idealogy... Gender idealogy, cultural appropriation (the use of words like Latinx), double masking, vaccine push

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The district embraces...liberal idealogy... Gender idealogy, cultural appropriation (the use of words like Latinx), double masking, vaccine push

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I worry about outside political influence as we move forward

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I worry about outside political influence as we move forward

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Parents and staff not on the same page with how to deal with social emotional issues and conflict 

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Parents and staff not on the same page with how to deal with social emotional issues and conflict 

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The Cassingham complex is out of space.  

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The Cassingham complex is out of space.  

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For example, a 7th grader should not get credit on an english assignment if sentences don’t begin with capital letters.

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Basic skill sets ignored since no longer trendy. Examples: lack of phonetic skills, spelling, cursive handwriting (proven research tells us that parts of the brain never develop without this skill); memory skills like multiplication tables dismissed as old fashioned; sustained silent reading non exisitant

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Communication with teachers. Sometimes they back away from uncomfortable topics when focus should always be on students success 

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Communication with teachers. Sometimes they back away from uncomfortable topics when focus should always be on students success 

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High school communication is late, cursory, and reduplicative of district communications. 

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High school communication is late, cursory, and reduplicative of district communications. 

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Too much focus on standardized testing - so much pressure on kids and parents 

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Too much focus on standardized testing - so much pressure on kids and parents 

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The change in  lunch period for the highschool kids has been terrible

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The change in  lunch period for the highschool kids has been terrible

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My kids are starving by the end of the day. Can we please move lunch back to a normal time?

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My kids are starving by the end of the day. Can we please move lunch back to a normal time?

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Need to better understand diversity and inclusion 

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Need to better understand diversity and inclusion 

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Why is a cognitive standardized test the ONLY factor for offering a student in gifted learning. If elementary student is identified as gifted in one area they need to be offered gifted learning, especially when child is asking for more 

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Why is a cognitive standardized test the ONLY factor for offering a student in gifted learning. If elementary student is identified as gifted in one area they need to be offered gifted learning, especially when child is asking for more 

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Not all families and students in Bexley are well off; how are we ensuring that finances are never a barrier? For example - why are read-a-thon rewards still tied to how much money you raise? This is automatically going to be exclusionary for families who don't have access to disposable money. 

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Not all families and students in Bexley are well off; how are we ensuring that finances are never a barrier? For example - why are read-a-thon rewards still tied to how much money you raise? This is automatically going to be exclusionary for families who don't have access to disposable money. 

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10:30 is really early to eat for many kiddos.

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Extracurriculars for Early Elementary students

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Extracurriculars for Early Elementary students

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Very few school-based extracurricular activities for children in K-2nd grades. Families must look outside of the district for these opportunities and provide their own funding for these.

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The school & sports need to stop turning a blind eye to repeated bad & illegal behavior by our students. 

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The school & sports need to stop turning a blind eye to repeated bad & illegal behavior by our students. 

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More discussion on Holocaust as a moral failure 

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More discussion on Holocaust as a moral failure 

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Counseling department: kids and parents see them as out of reach and disconnected 

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Counseling department: kids and parents see them as out of reach and disconnected 

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We do an amazing i hi b focusing on education, arts, music, sciences…..however athletics appears to be a second to all that, the lack of quality facilities speaks for itself

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We do an amazing i hi b focusing on education, arts, music, sciences…..however athletics appears to be a second to all that, the lack of quality facilities speaks for itself

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Several teachers have expressed frustrations with how gifted learning is structured. It is not accounting for students level of motivation. 

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Several teachers have expressed frustrations with how gifted learning is structured. It is not accounting for students level of motivation. 

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Intolerance on the rise towards people who are more conservative. 

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Intolerance on the rise towards people who are more conservative. 

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Please stop parents from drinking alcohol on school grounds at school activities. Sports & theatre. 

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Please stop parents from drinking alcohol on school grounds at school activities. Sports & theatre. 

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Lack of transparency surrounding faculty changes. Tell us who is coming and going early and often. 

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Lack of transparency surrounding faculty changes. Tell us who is coming and going early and often. 

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Want to continue to see opportunities for student voice to grow

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Want to continue to see opportunities for student voice to grow

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Very few opportunities for students who learn best out of the classroom

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Very few opportunities for students who learn best out of the classroom

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Do we need more counselors? How are these few amazing people meeting the needs of ALL of our students and growing needs

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Do we need more counselors? How are these few amazing people meeting the needs of ALL of our students and growing needs

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Focus—we do not consistently focus on a few things. We try to be flexible and go with the educational trends so every few years things change; especially with the squeaky wheels getting the grease

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Instead of Spanish and french why aren't our kids learning mandarin or Russian. 

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Instead of Spanish and french why aren't our kids learning mandarin or Russian. 

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The transition from recess to lunch and long lines, kids end up with not having much time to eat

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For 8th, 9th or 10th graders and their parents working with the high school counselors for class selection and future plans. Heck. Id be happy to just know who my kid’s guidance counselor was. 

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For 8th, 9th or 10th graders and their parents working with the high school counselors for class selection and future plans. Heck. Id be happy to just know who my kid’s guidance counselor was. 

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More speakers coming into all schools

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Hostility towards academic achievement @ MS

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Hostility towards academic achievement @ MS

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Bullying

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The Cassingham playground is not safe. The gates are open so that high schoolers can park on Stanwood and cut across the playground to back doors. This is a safety issue. Personally I’ve found 1 kid outside the playground and 1 kid forgotten on the playground after everyone else was inside. 

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The Cassingham playground is not safe. The gates are open so that high schoolers can park on Stanwood and cut across the playground to back doors. This is a safety issue. Personally I’ve found 1 kid outside the playground and 1 kid forgotten on the playground after everyone else was inside. 

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Why isn't the district buying up all the houses on Fair on the school block. 

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Why isn't the district buying up all the houses on Fair on the school block. 

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Room numbering in Cassingham complex makes no sense. Makes parents and newcomers feel lost. Better/easier numbering could make school feel more inclusive.

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My kid is at a new school this year and told me: “I feel like I’m actually learning.” 

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My kid is at a new school this year and told me: “I feel like I’m actually learning.” 

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Special Education services & staff change every single year in elementary school. Its so hard for sped kids to bond with their educators and support team. Make the commitment of the team for elementary school, not just the school year.   

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Special Education services & staff change every single year in elementary school. Its so hard for sped kids to bond with their educators and support team. Make the commitment of the team for elementary school, not just the school year.   

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Transition to high school (grades, tests, etc) needs to be better. Kids hit 9th grade clueless about time management and accountability with grades and homework, that coupled with extracurriculars makes it very tough. 

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Transition to high school (grades, tests, etc) needs to be better. Kids hit 9th grade clueless about time management and accountability with grades and homework, that coupled with extracurriculars makes it very tough. 