Middle School/High School Math Question

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Anonymous wrote:Some kids start Algebra 1 in 6th, in which case they are bused to the high school in 8th grade for first period math, then return to their school for the rest, with the understanding that they'll need to fill in math classes with dual enrollment at the community college or take whatever optional math classes are available at their high school.

You're only eligible for that acceleration if you're at one of the W feeders.

This is incorrect. Blair and Einstein feeders do this too. It’s not just W’s.

There is a person who keeps spreading the same misinformation on every thread about math.

There are very few schools in the entire county that will allow acceleration in math and only in very limited cases. One of those is in a W school feeder. Another one I know is in a DCC feeder. I do not believe there are other schools that formally allow it although there may be single students here and there who might have come from private or other school districts where they started out accelerated or where principals made exceptions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some kids start Algebra 1 in 6th, in which case they are bused to the high school in 8th grade for first period math, then return to their school for the rest, with the understanding that they'll need to fill in math classes with dual enrollment at the community college or take whatever optional math classes are available at their high school.

You're only eligible for that acceleration if you're at one of the W feeders.

This is NOT true. Stop making stuff up. DCC has algebra in 6th. Some schools offer Algebra 2 and kids are not bused.

[Anonymous]

Also, colleges generally do NOT count any class taken in middle school, even if you got high school credit for it. They will even recalculate your GPA to exclude any middle school courses, even if it's an "honors" course. So the middle school world language and math credits don't count for college application requirements.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some kids start Algebra 1 in 6th, in which case they are bused to the high school in 8th grade for first period math, then return to their school for the rest, with the understanding that they'll need to fill in math classes with dual enrollment at the community college or take whatever optional math classes are available at their high school.

You're only eligible for that acceleration if you're at one of the W feeders.

This is incorrect. Blair and Einstein feeders do this too. It’s not just W’s.

No they don't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some kids start Algebra 1 in 6th, in which case they are bused to the high school in 8th grade for first period math, then return to their school for the rest, with the understanding that they'll need to fill in math classes with dual enrollment at the community college or take whatever optional math classes are available at their high school.

You're only eligible for that acceleration if you're at one of the W feeders.

This is NOT true. Stop making stuff up. DCC has algebra in 6th. Some schools offer Algebra 2 and kids are not bused.

The only DCC school that has Algebra in 6th is for the kids being bussed into TPMS who already took AIM at their W feeder. Even DCC kids with higher MAP scores aren't eligible since they haven't taken AIM.

[Anonymous]

You're only eligible for that acceleration if you're at one of the W feeders.

Not true. We are in RM cluster and there are a few (very few but they exist) who do this.

[Anonymous]

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You're only eligible for that acceleration if you're at one of the W feeders.

Not true. We are in RM cluster and there are a few (very few but they exist) who do this.

We're at. a Blair feeder and it isn't available in this part of the county. I think it's just done at the affluent schools in western moco.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the official language:

STATE REQUIREMENT FOR STUDENTS GRADUATING IN 2018 AND LATER: Students graduating in 2018 and later must be enrolled in a math course in each year of high school. This may result in students earning more than 4 credits in math for graduation.

As I understand it, the University of Maryland got tired of having to remediate students who passed Algebra 2 (but perhaps didn’t master it), and stopped taking math until they had to take college level math, having forgotten their high school math.

While I agree that the state colleges shouldn’t have to teach high school level classes, it seems like at a certain point, it stops making sense. My kids got 5s on the Calculus BC exam their Sophomore year, testing out of the college math requirements. Then they got 5s on the Stats AP exam, along with taking classes in more advanced math that AP doesn’t have tests for. It seems that once a student has demonstrated college level math, they should be allowed to stop. Even if they decide to take math in college and have forgotten some content in the interim, at worst they’d have to repeat the last class they took, which would be a college level class (which they should do fairly well in, as it would be a refresher and not entirely new content).

[Anonymous]

The current advanced pathway (calculus is 11th grade) is already beyond what was offered when I was in high school. I don't understand the point of accelerating ever more, especially as you can run out of math classes to take in high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some kids start Algebra 1 in 6th, in which case they are bused to the high school in 8th grade for first period math, then return to their school for the rest, with the understanding that they'll need to fill in math classes with dual enrollment at the community college or take whatever optional math classes are available at their high school.

You're only eligible for that acceleration if you're at one of the W feeders.

While not technically a W school, the Bethesda-Chevy Chase cluster actively discourages this. My child was barred from taking Algebra 1 in 6th grade even though she was well-qualified for it.

Same at a W school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some kids start Algebra 1 in 6th, in which case they are bused to the high school in 8th grade for first period math, then return to their school for the rest, with the understanding that they'll need to fill in math classes with dual enrollment at the community college or take whatever optional math classes are available at their high school.

You're only eligible for that acceleration if you're at one of the W feeders.

Completely wrong. Some wealthy clusters actively discourage it, because they are worried about overly-competitive parents forcing their kids into upper math levels, and some lower-income schools encourage it, because they want to see their brightest students pushing themselves. It's at the discretion of each school cluster.

+1 While it is true that only one school does an entire CLASS of AIM in 5th grade, and that school is in the affluent part of the county, the option for individual kids to be bussed to the MS for AIM is basically down to individual school culture. I know kids in "W feeders" who were denied, and kids in Blair feeders who were allowed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some kids start Algebra 1 in 6th, in which case they are bused to the high school in 8th grade for first period math, then return to their school for the rest, with the understanding that they'll need to fill in math classes with dual enrollment at the community college or take whatever optional math classes are available at their high school.

You're only eligible for that acceleration if you're at one of the W feeders.

Our DC is accelerated and we are not in a W feeder. DC took Algebra 1 in 6th grade.

[Anonymous]

The Blair/TPMS kids who are accelerated in DC's year are nearly all from non-Ws.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some kids start Algebra 1 in 6th, in which case they are bused to the high school in 8th grade for first period math, then return to their school for the rest, with the understanding that they'll need to fill in math classes with dual enrollment at the community college or take whatever optional math classes are available at their high school.

You're only eligible for that acceleration if you're at one of the W feeders.

This is incorrect. Blair and Einstein feeders do this too. It’s not just W’s.

No they don't.

Huh? TPMS absolutely does this. My kid has several friends who bus to Blair for math!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Hmm, I’m pretty sure high school math courses taken in MS count towards the four math credits needed for a MD diploma.

It's 4 math credits while in high school. Very clear.

You may have accidentally confused things with this post. You don't need 4 math CREDITS while in high school. You need 4 math CLASSES while in high school. For example, a student who has already earned 4 credits, some of which while in middle school, would have to sit for a math class in their junior and senior year, but wouldn't have to pass them or earn credit for them.