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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, is there another way for her to learn math, such as a math team or math club at school?

I don't believe any FCPS elementary schools have an algebra class which would mean your daughter would have to take it at the local middle school, making it logistically harder for you and her, as well as likely harder to get her approved by the school. And this is all because of a stupid arbitrary county rule that 6th graders are elementary school students, even though most 6th graders in the country are as old and behave like middle schoolers. Well, if they're going to do that, they should also put support in place for students such as your daughter, such as having something to offer at the elementary school.

To your other question, how do kids get Alg 2 in 8th: Search up summer geometry threads, there are many of them. FCPS offers a summer geometry course that runs about 5 weeks I believe and is supposed to cover 1 whole year of geometry (a terrible idea, btw). Parents push kids into this causing a bunch of stress in the process, a highly inadequate understanding of geometry fundamentals, and quite possibly harms their interest in mathematics. Some kids also push to take it, mainly if they have friends who are doing it.. that way they can be in the same class with their friends for the following year and not be behind.[/quote]

Thank you so much for this information.  I did not know whether kids were accelerating in elementary or middle, so I was not using the right search terms.  I'll take a look at the geometry threads.  Thanks again. [/quote]

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