Center School, 90% of AAP Class Opted into Algebra 1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for all the responses. I found out the official number is 42/50 kids opted into Algebra 1. To answer how I found out, people love to talk at PTES about everyone else's business hehe.

So how will the 8 not taking Algebra but ahead of other 6th graders be handled?

Assuming they are taking m7 next year, there will be a ton of non AAP kids joining them. The goal is to have everyone ready to take m7h at minimum in 7th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for all the responses. I found out the official number is 42/50 kids opted into Algebra 1. To answer how I found out, people love to talk at PTES about everyone else's business hehe.

So how will the 8 not taking Algebra but ahead of other 6th graders be handled?

OP here again. I have no idea. I was asking because I'm hoping it's not a virtual option for the non-Algebra 1 kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for all the responses. I found out the official number is 42/50 kids opted into Algebra 1. To answer how I found out, people love to talk at PTES about everyone else's business hehe.

So how will the 8 not taking Algebra but ahead of other 6th graders be handled?

Assuming they are taking m7 next year, there will be a ton of non AAP kids joining them. The goal is to have everyone ready to take m7h at minimum in 7th grade.

There will not be 6th grade non AAP kids taking 6th AAP math next yr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for all the responses. I found out the official number is 42/50 kids opted into Algebra 1. To answer how I found out, people love to talk at PTES about everyone else's business hehe.

So how will the 8 not taking Algebra but ahead of other 6th graders be handled?

OP here again. I have no idea. I was asking because I'm hoping it's not a virtual option for the non-Algebra 1 kids.

Regular 6th AAP math will not be virtual. This was never an option when choosing to opt in/out of the A1H selection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for all the responses. I found out the official number is 42/50 kids opted into Algebra 1. To answer how I found out, people love to talk at PTES about everyone else's business hehe.

So how will the 8 not taking Algebra but ahead of other 6th graders be handled?

Assuming they are taking m7 next year, there will be a ton of non AAP kids joining them. The goal is to have everyone ready to take m7h at minimum in 7th grade.

There will not be 6th grade non AAP kids taking 6th AAP math next yr.

I teach 6th advanced math/algebra 1. We have several gen ed kids coming to me for 6th advanced next year, and a couple doing algebra 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for all the responses. I found out the official number is 42/50 kids opted into Algebra 1. To answer how I found out, people love to talk at PTES about everyone else's business hehe.

Poplar Tree? I have a younger kid in AAP there. I believe there's a lot of teacher switcharoo going on, I assume in an effort to make this work logistically.

It also appears there'll be some 5th graders taking the course. At least I got that impression from the weekly schoolwide email they sent out a few times last month.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for all the responses. I found out the official number is 42/50 kids opted into Algebra 1. To answer how I found out, people love to talk at PTES about everyone else's business hehe.

So how will the 8 not taking Algebra but ahead of other 6th graders be handled?

Assuming they are taking m7 next year, there will be a ton of non AAP kids joining them. The goal is to have everyone ready to take m7h at minimum in 7th grade.

There will not be 6th grade non AAP kids taking 6th AAP math next yr.

I teach 6th advanced math/algebra 1. We have several gen ed kids coming to me for 6th advanced next year, and a couple doing algebra 1.

Yes, the kids receiving subject specific AAP will push in, just as they always have. I wouldn’t call them “tons of non-AAP kids.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for all the responses. I found out the official number is 42/50 kids opted into Algebra 1. To answer how I found out, people love to talk at PTES about everyone else's business hehe.

Poplar Tree? I have a younger kid in AAP there. I believe there's a lot of teacher switcharoo going on, I assume in an effort to make this work logistically.

It also appears there'll be some 5th graders taking the course. At least I got that impression from the weekly schoolwide email they sent out a few times last month.

5th graders taking Algebra 1? This sounds crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for all the responses. I found out the official number is 42/50 kids opted into Algebra 1. To answer how I found out, people love to talk at PTES about everyone else's business hehe.

Poplar Tree? I have a younger kid in AAP there. I believe there's a lot of teacher switcharoo going on, I assume in an effort to make this work logistically.

It also appears there'll be some 5th graders taking the course. At least I got that impression from the weekly schoolwide email they sent out a few times last month.

5th graders taking Algebra 1? This sounds crazy.

You'd think, but at the very bottom school supplies bullet...

"Please note- 5th & 6th students who participate in the new Algebra program will need a few additional supplies not included in the kits."

I thought it was a mistake, but this announcement went out a few weeks in a row.

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/VAEDUFCPS/bulletins/41984d8

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for all the responses. I found out the official number is 42/50 kids opted into Algebra 1. To answer how I found out, people love to talk at PTES about everyone else's business hehe.

Poplar Tree? I have a younger kid in AAP there. I believe there's a lot of teacher switcharoo going on, I assume in an effort to make this work logistically.

It also appears there'll be some 5th graders taking the course. At least I got that impression from the weekly schoolwide email they sent out a few times last month.

Op here. Yes, poplar tree. And yes I heard there might be some fifth graders too. Who knows. I feel like our school is a mess lately. Heard some rumblings about some sexual harassment occurring at the school. Of course the administrators did nothing about it. Saw the kid at school the next day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for all the responses. I found out the official number is 42/50 kids opted into Algebra 1. To answer how I found out, people love to talk at PTES about everyone else's business hehe.

Poplar Tree? I have a younger kid in AAP there. I believe there's a lot of teacher switcharoo going on, I assume in an effort to make this work logistically.

It also appears there'll be some 5th graders taking the course. At least I got that impression from the weekly schoolwide email they sent out a few times last month.

I wouldn't be too worried about a school that is wealthy and almost entirely Asian and white having high participation rates in 6th grade Algebra. The kids will be well supported by their parents and many are probably taking outside enrichment. I'd be willing to bet that any 5th graders skipping up both have ludicrously high MAP scores and are taking outside enrichment. I'd be much more worried that the parents at less affluent schools don't understand the implications of jumping up in math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for all the responses. I found out the official number is 42/50 kids opted into Algebra 1. To answer how I found out, people love to talk at PTES about everyone else's business hehe.

Poplar Tree? I have a younger kid in AAP there. I believe there's a lot of teacher switcharoo going on, I assume in an effort to make this work logistically.

It also appears there'll be some 5th graders taking the course. At least I got that impression from the weekly schoolwide email they sent out a few times last month.

Op here. Yes, poplar tree. And yes I heard there might be some fifth graders too. Who knows. I feel like our school is a mess lately. Heard some rumblings about some sexual harassment occurring at the school. Of course the administrators did nothing about it. Saw the kid at school the next day.

Sexual harassment in an elementary school? Between two students or between a teacher and a student?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for all the responses. I found out the official number is 42/50 kids opted into Algebra 1. To answer how I found out, people love to talk at PTES about everyone else's business hehe.

Poplar Tree? I have a younger kid in AAP there. I believe there's a lot of teacher switcharoo going on, I assume in an effort to make this work logistically.

It also appears there'll be some 5th graders taking the course. At least I got that impression from the weekly schoolwide email they sent out a few times last month.

Op here. Yes, poplar tree. And yes I heard there might be some fifth graders too. Who knows. I feel like our school is a mess lately. Heard some rumblings about some sexual harassment occurring at the school. Of course the administrators did nothing about it. Saw the kid at school the next day.

Sexual harassment in an elementary school? Between two students or between a teacher and a student?

Oof. It happens way more than you think, especially in 5th and 6th grade. And gets dismissed as "kids being kids, they don't understand what they're doing." Also, if it wasn't directly witnessed by a teacher, we're told admin's hands are tied, because the parents don't believe that it happened.

[Anonymous]

Our school is suggesting anyone who pass advanced the 5th grade SOL move to advanced math 6 next year to round out the class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school is suggesting anyone who pass advanced the 5th grade SOL move to advanced math 6 next year to round out the class.

Same at out school as well.