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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My guess is that he will be more mortified being with the group that starts foreign language in 9th grade.

But maybe that would be a good thing as it would motivate him to not drop from advanced to regular classes later.

YMMV, our experience is in Montgomery County public schools.[/quote]

This.  DS started Spanish in 8th grade.  He actually wishes he had started in 7th because his Spanish 2 classmates in 9th grade are either terrible language learners or just very unmotivated.  So glad we didn’t have him wait to take first year Spanish in 9th.  [/quote]

I did not think of this before.

When my DC did Spanish 1a/b in 6th grade, the majority of students were high achieving and hard working. Being in the hardest language classes from the very beginning, resulted in a very academically oriented and serious students as cohort.  My kid loved that and Spanish is one of his favorite subjects.

Another thing is that for the most rigorous classes, they are assigned the best teachers who know the content very well and are excellent in pedagogy too. Most of these teachers also appreciate the quality of students that they get in their classes and are always very understanding and accommodating.

The new policy in MCPS allows the student to drop all the grades that were earned in MS from their transcripts. I think that allows students to take these classes earlier without any downside. 
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