Are they also assigning a specified amount of busy work, er, I mean homework each night? Or does that have to wait until next year?

I probably suffered horribly in my academic development by not attending kindergarten, even in the days before "new state academic standards".... It is the rich tapestry of educational opportunity brought to us by endless hours of standardized testing, in an environment of "zero tolerance" rules, which gives me such incredible respect for school administrators.