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Hello! My child will be taking the CPS SEES test as a Kindergartner for 1st grade enrollment. When taking the 1st grade entry test, is the exact age taken into account (like the student is 6 years 1month old vs.6 years 5 months old)? Also, do the home address Tiers also count for 1st gr...
How hard is the SEHS exam, really? Some people say it's analogous to the HPST, which isn't that hard. But then I hear about kids taking practice exams from BEC, Test Prep Chicago, etc. and getting abysmal scores -- far below what you would expect for these kids. Is it because the test prep people wa...
I have one Lab School senior coming over to watch my ten year old tonight. My child wants this sitter and only this sitter - having someone watch him at this age is sensitive. I want to be fair / generous but not weird. Does $18 and hour plus picking up and dropping off make sense? ...
My kid never stops talking. Not at home, not at school (3rd grade /age 8). She's a friendly, bubbly, lovely conversationalists and her friends don't seem to mind - when they come over they go to our playroom and talk talk talk talk talk (sometimes while playing, but also sometimes just...
Hi- my 8th grader is in a non CPS school and she does not have a CPS ID number. She is applying to SEHS. I created a gocps account for her and registered her for the HSAT at Lane. How do I get her a CPS ID number? I’ve called 773-553-2060 twice and they don’t know. It’s just blank in her online dash...
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