Homework.... When is Too Much Too Much? Review, or Learn it Yourself?

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Student Schedule Problems...?": Please list this as a new post. HW- When is there too much HW I have one child in middle school and I find this ridiculous that he spends up to 2hours a day on HW. Some days there is more hw than others. I also have a neice in the high school that also spends up to two hours doing HW. In addition to this, children are encouraged to join clubs, drama, cheerleading, and sports. I look at some of the hw. I wonder sometimes, are the children reviewing what they learned for the day or being given work to learn on their own. I would like to know what other parents opinions are on this .

Teacher's Contracts for 2011?

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Needed: 9th Period. Change the Teacher's Contract": Are the teachers still working with an expired contract? I was under the impression that the contract ended in july. . Maybe Mr. Rosenfeld can enlighten us.