re: How much is private school in your area?

I have four kids, two in K-3.

Seriously, most of the work is pretty easy, and there's not a big development curve...at least that I see.

This is a grade level where 20min an evening at home should result in well-prepared kids, IMO.

What I worry about, if there's ever reason to worry, is the level of school work that would dominate my evenings/weekends if the teachers weren't good enough, and I could see that coming as early as 7th grade and certainly by high school.