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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because he had high IOWA and SOL scores, and always done well in math, so we saw no reason to wait. That was last year. This year, we had a rough transition to middle school/ much bigger school/ changing classes/ forgetting to turn in homework.  And are regretting adding a high school credit class on top of it.  The factor I had left out of my thinking was that [b]algebra counts toward HS GPA unless you expunge it.[/b]  Which we are now considering doing because first quarter grades tanked during the adjustment and pulled down the whole year. I missed the fact having a class that actually goes on the HS transcript is more stress on my top of what is, at the AAP level, a tough adjustment for some kids academically.  And can also be tough socially.  So be honest about how much you want to put on your kid's plate and how well they will handle the transition.  Because your DC can be brilliant, but still have trouble remembering to turn in homework, learning to time manage when there is a big project due the same day as the Algebra test, etc (and there always is...).  Even though DS has pulled it together, is now making As in Algebra, and his teacher says he is welL prepared to move on to Geometry, I wish we'd waited. [/quote]

why would people expunge a grade unless something illegal or unfair had happened that would make the grade illegitimate?  DO people do this often?[/quote]

In FCPS, you can expunge a HS credit class taken in MS (world language, algebra and geometry). It doesn't show up on the HS transcript or could towards HS GPA (but stays on MS transcript). You also don't get HS cRedit for taking the class. So basically, it doesn't could again DC when they apply to college.  I don't know how maMy people do it, but it keeps a seventh grader from having to live with a bad grade 5-6 years later from when they were 12.  [/quote]

A MS counselor told us that expunging class credit meaning you will have to take it again in HS in order to register to the next level, i.e. if you expunge Algebra I, you will have to take it again to get to Algebra II and so on. 
 To the OP with question, think hard and long about the options, and look at the whole math curriculum in HS, and may be college.   It will look good in HS transcript if the kid took college level math courses in HS, also may be qualified for college credits (in some colleges, but not at the selected colleges). On the other hands, dealing with MS transition is a major deal, especially with girls and it might not be worth it. We decided against it for DC, instead enrolled her in all 7th grade honor classes, and she ended up with all A's in 7th grade.  That made her feel good about MS, and move on nicely to 8th grade.  [/quote]

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