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[quote=Anonymous]The issue here is not what MoCo is pushing or not pushing.  It's what do you do with a kid that passes the end of year assessment for IM 7 or Algebra 1 (or HSA Algebra exam) while still in elementary school with flying colors.  It's not about pushing or not pushing.  It's about doing the right thing.  Face it, this circumstance does not apply to many kids.  But, I speak as one who juggles the schedules of an elementary and middle school for 2 children.

By the way, Chevy Chase is not the only public elementary school in MoCo. with students of this caliber. There are several other schools with kids with similar arrangements. 
My kids hang out with kids from our middle school taking their math courses at the local high school as well as kids at TP middle school taking math classes with the Blair magnet high school group (e.g., Functions).  So this is not new but old news.  It has happened for years and still does.
 
I have not received any official letters from the County or middle school now banning this pathway and asking us to go back to our elementary school because of some decree from above.  I am well aware that some pushy parents and schools did inappropriately place some kids in classes they were not ready for and the County recognizes this now.  I am also aware the County is rolling out a "new and improved" math curriculum the results of which remain to be seen.  The discussion here is not about inappropriate placement and acceleration.  We can agree that serves no one any good.

If we had opted to enter Big 3 some years back I'm pretty certain my child would be wasting away in an elementary school class with kids struggling with multiplication tables, long division, fractions, ratios, percents, proportions, and word problems. A limited mathematical toolbox would have impacted his present independent accomplishments in computer programming and sciences.  With the benefit of hindsight we made the right move for this particular child.  At the time, we were certainly worried about turning down gracious offers.[/quote]

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