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[quote=RedTailHawk]OP here - thanks for the answers.  It is helpful to see that I didn't imagine the "remedial" vibe in the digital literacy course description.

I knew middle school was different and had looked into magnet and choice options but am still surprised at basic differences like some schools saying "world language is not required in middle school" and other schools requiring digital literacy (which may or may not be considered "remedial") if you don't take a world language.

I am also surprised at the variety of grade 6 computer offerings outside of the math/science magnets.  E.g. Frost has 1 marking period in the arts rotation ("Computers 6") that is very introductory.  Parkland has 1 semester ("Introduction to Computers") and then others (e.g. Wood, Argyle) have a different 1 semester course ("Information and Communication Technology").

Looking more closely, the computer science listings are different in the 2017 MCPS middle school course bulletin ([url]http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/curriculum/middleschool/coursebulletin-2017.pdf[/url]) than the 2016/2017 I linked to in the OP.  The newer one includes the "Introduction to Computers 2940" in addition to "Information and Communications Technology (ICT) 2913".  Looking at individual school sites, I see other schools (e.g. Wood, Montgomery Village) have additional computer classes not listed in either version of the MCPS middle school course bulletin (e.g. Computer Aided Drafting and Design/Applied Robotic Engineering )

Don't even get me started on "advanced" classes - I don't know how it can count as "accelerated/enriched instruction" if the *only* English class option is "Advanced English 6" and the *only* social studies class is "Advanced Social Studies 6".[/quote]

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