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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can ask for him to take in person at his local high school, but you will be responsible for all transportation there and back. This is the school's way of discouraging the race to no where.

They are providing a viable option for him, and that's where the school's responsibility ends.[/quote]

I'd be fine with an online class during school hours (is the school responsible for providing a quiet place? a study hall?) but one evening a week is an imposition that interferes with life outside of school.

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You didn't think to ask about this before he took Geometry in the summer? We didn't pursue Algebra in 6th grade because we knew the option would be online school or taking it as a first period class at the MS. We didn't like either option so we choose not to pursue Algebra in 6th grade.

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Yes, a terrible delusion of expecting schools to to share all this with you ahead of time. [/quote]

Did you ask the Guidance Counselor how Algebra 2 was taught at Kilmer before enrolling your child in a short Geometry course over the summer? If you asked the Counselor and the Counselor said that Algebra 2 was available, did you ask if it was in person or online?  All of that could have been done in an email.

Did you look at the schools math webpage? Kilmer's Math web Page does not list Algebra 2, Carson's does. It took me under 5 minutes to check both web pages.

Did you look at the publicly available SOL site which would tell you how many kids at each school took the SOL in that class? It took me 10 minutes max to look up the SOL numbers.

You are asking to accelerate your child past the already accelerated pace that most schools offer, it behooves you to do some basic research and ask a few questions before you do that.

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I applaud your research skills.  I suppose I don't expect this to be a scavenger hunt for information that requires a very deep knowledge of the school system.   The school could have put this all in a mass email sent to parents of summer geometry enrollees before the class started.  Especially the requirement of one evening a week. I don't think it was reasonable to expect the parents to know that ahead of time, especially if you don't know what you don't know.

Do you happen to know how many kids need to be in a class before the school needs to offer an in person option?[/quote]

Did the school initiate the summer geometry course or did you?  If they reached out to you and said we'd like your child to take the summer geometry course, then yes I would have expected the middle school to outline what that would mean for the following school year.
If you reached out to them or enrolled your child on your own, then it really is up to you to do the research and understand exactly what it means when you put your child so far off the standard curriculum path.[/quote]

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