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[quote=Anonymous]In FCPS AAP I would not skip from 5th to 7th, especially. 6th grade in a good AAP Center is a lot about making the transition to middle school. Plus, kids actually learn things in 6th grade and need to take the SOLs.  Also, this will not affect math placement at all.  They will retrack math going into middle school.  Middle school in AAP is a jump up, and high school honors AP/IB is another one. There will be plenty of time down the road for kids to accelerate.  Plus, as kids get older, age matters more.  Kids who look physically less developed struggle, kids are a year behind getting their license, and are looking at going to college at 17.

If you really feel your kids are so smart that a year of school is a waste, just have them apply to TJ from middle school.  That way, in HS, the expection actually is that they will accelerate (by taking summer school, having classes that cover more than a year of high school material, self studying to skip intro classes, etc). FWIW, a kid who has skipped a year would almost certainly be hampered in the TJ admissions process.  The extra year of math and reading comp practice you get by not accelerating is key. Very few TJ kids have skipped a grade.  Lots have accelerated the math sequence, by taking Algebra in 6th and/or geometry the summer after Algebra. But very few actually have actually skipped a grade. [/quote]

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