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[quote=Anonymous]DD is in 9th grade, was in AAP 3rd-8th and got all As in middle school without much effort. Even though she got As in Algebra 1, I suspect it wasn't the best foundation. The original teacher left a few months into the year and they had a series of substitutes for several months until a new teacher was found, so not a lot of consistency.

She is now barely passing Algebra 2 Honors despite studying a lot and working with a tutor over the past several weeks. The tutor says she understands the math concepts and she does well on the practice tests the tutor prepares, but when test day comes, somehow it all falls apart. I have reached out to DD's teacher for advice on what else DD could be doing to improve and he is not responding to email (she has approached him herself and he hasn't responded to her requests for help, either).

In DD's 9 years of school, I have only had to get involved with her teachers once back in 4th grade, so I don't know what the best option is here to get help from the teacher/school. Go to the math dept head? Counselor? Ask for DD to be moved down to regular Algebra 2? Forget the school and hire a new tutor? DD is so discouraged. She does have a 504 plan for anxiety but she hasn't asked for accommodations in testing before. I feel like this teacher would not be all that open to doing that, but maybe worth asking? Not sure if that would help this.

She's doing fine in her other classes, mostly As, so it's not that she can't handle honors classes in general. Just this one!

I would love any advice from parents who have been in a similar situation.[/quote]

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