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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what precipitated all of this?[/quote]

According to the VA dept of ed this is part of their equity focus.  It is the same leadership that pushed to dismantle TJ standards.[/quote]

+1. They want to eliminate tracking. They can only do this by forcing all kids into the lowest track.

Of course, this means that wealthy parents will supplement math and put them in virtual classes that teach the correct level. And the kids whose parents can’t do that get no opportunity to demonstrate STEM strength. It will just increase the inequity.   I have a TJ alum. And a base school senior in AB Calc who is a humanities rock star. Am not Asian. And, by 8th grade (7th for my STEM kid), my kids would have been enrolled in a strong virtual math class with in person.  My kid did a foreign language online during the summer, and I discovered that there are virtual 3rd party classes that transfer to FCPS.  My kids would take those and transfer them to their transcript. I’d be pissed that we were adding this to their schedule. But I’d supplement.

Who are we kidding, I lobby hard for charters that could do better at that point, and send my kids private if they weren’t available.  I went to an awful public HS with a GS rating of 2 currently in the rural South, and took AP AB in HS. It’s ridiculous. [/quote]

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