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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's only a matter of time before parents sue FCPS for creating numerous barriers that prevent any advanced 6th-grade students from enrolling in Algebra 1.[/quote]

You are against raising the bar? [/quote]The requirements for taking algebra 1 in 8th or 9th are reasonable, the requirements for taking it in 6th are not.[/quote]

It is reasonable for a small fraction of the students to take it in 6th.

Several points here. First, the school should at least try to accommodate and meet the students where they are, within reason. Second, knowledge is knowledge, if the student takes a class elsewhere and passes the class standards they should be placed appropriately. [/quote]
Equity politics necessitates certain students to firmly be in the lower gen ed and remedial classes, and great measures are taken to hide access to information about advanced acceleration options.  Case in point: there is not a single document accessible to URM families to know about math acceleration options, such as algebra 1 in 6th grade, but plenty of neon signs and street fliers doing outreach about the availability of remedial math options.  [/quote]

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