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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You people are insane. [/quote]

why, why would you say that? Do you not understand that there are actually gifted or maybe just smart students in FCPS that can comfortably move more quickly thru math?

we didn't think we wanted our first kid to do algebra in 7th but his iowa and sols showed that he should be able to handle it. and he did. with nearly a perfect grade. he's a senior now in multi var and has never had less than an A with little to no struggle (ok, multi var is a bit of a struggle and early on he asked for a tutor).

just bc some, or maybe many, of the little larlos or larlas couldn't handle it, doesn't mean that the kids that can are being pushed by "insane" parents. yeesh.

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So you are relaying your experience about your kid taking the class in 7th grade and OP is asking about taking same class in 6th and you don't see the distinction? [/quote]

NO I don't -- my point is if her Larlo/Larla is more advanced and can handle it in the 6th grade, it doesn't mean that she is INSANE. And as this thread has shown, Larlo/Larla will not be alone in taking it. Yeesh.[/quote]

There is a very real chance that the child is taking it solo if they take the class online. The other option is for parents to provide transportation to and from MS to take the class in person, with 7th and 8th graders. There were 25 sixth graders in Algebra 1 H last year. This is not a large group of kids where they have a class at their ES. This is either solo study at their ES or in person at a MS.

There are kids that this makes sense for because they are far enough ahead but it is not something that most kids really need. I would guess that a kid that is advanced enough to able to handle Algebra 1 H in 6th grade is a kid who needs a totally different learning environment then your typical FCPS ES.

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