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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS easily could post a table of elective courses by school.  They do not do this because it would highlight the inequity across the system.

In the case of CS, some middle schools offer a course that is more challenging, provides the prerequisite to an AP in HS or serves to fulfill the MSDE tech requirement such that it frees up an elective spot in HS.  Guess where that access is prevalent vs. a MS choosing to provide a course that doesn't have those benefits...[/quote]

Are you trying to hint that wealthy districts have "better" CS classes in MS?

Eh. My 9th grader in a Bethesda high school just took AP Computer Science Principles without having any CS experience. It's easy and meets the tech requirement. She's on track to take a dozen APs before she graduates, but is not interested in computer science. It's not really important which CS you take in middle school or whether you take any at all - the important courses for that subject are all in high school anyway. Just go with student preference and course availability, OP. Don't stress about it.[/quote]

Taking APCSP without the prerequisite requires an exception from the administration.  Having it count for the tech requirement requires that it be coded in the registration system correctly by the school.  Once more, guess where each practice is prevalent...[/quote]

You are incorrect.  AP Computer Science Principles counts for the tech credit and has no prerequisite, only a corequisite of Algebra 1.

[url]https://coursebulletin.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/CourseDetails/Index/ITC2084A[/url][/quote]

+1  My kid wants to do AP Computer Science Principles, but didn't want to drop music in middle school and was assured by the guidance counselor, they can do it in 9th grade without an issue despite not having a middle school CS class.[/quote]

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