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[quote=Anonymous]Different, FCPS. My MS kid was in an Honors class where half the students were failing. Imo the school and the teacher was enacting this - was making the point to parents - that most of these kids should not be taking the honors level class. Once I pointed out to the teacher that we never had any invention of DC taking the honors path in this subject going forward in HS, the teacher relaxed. This was an in-person meeting. We said we were very agreeable to moving DC down a level, mid-year in that subject. Which is what we did. DC had the same teacher and she was wonderful to DC and DC did well after that. I do not think the grade-spread reflected a great difference in mastery of the material. I think it reflected that the school got what they wanted. Imo, maybe the school couldn't say "no" to students choosing Honors, when classes were chosen, but it was standard practice that the school would manage the grade book later to push a lot of students out. [/quote]
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