Her elementary school daughter was getting two to three hours of homework everyday. For an 8-9 year old that's just too much. Also every year there was a major project that had to be completed over the summer that was very time consuming. These were 2nd and 3rd grade kids.
Many of the parents complained among themselves that their kids were overwhelmed and would feel like they were never going to be able to get everything done. Even weekends weren't safe with four or five hours worth of homework to be done.