thank you so much. I appreciate that. It is great to know specifically what I should be asking and looking for. The hard thing would be sending dd there and just trusting them. How will I know what is actually going on the classroom? I really don't like the idea of certain tasks having to be completed before others, and I don't like the idea of there being only specific ways to use the manipulatives. What if dd wanted to build a castle out of the blocks...I am guessing that is a no-no? Are they allowed to use their imagination at all? I guess what attracted me to the program was the learn at your own pace part of it and the idea of self learners and self motivators.

Well, I suppose I will just see how the tour and the open house goes at this school and just take it from there.

Thank you all so much...very helpful.