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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those asking for advanced math opportunities, FCPS already offers AAP math, and further with principal approval, 6th graders can enroll in Algebra 1 or go for summer geometry as rising 8th grader.  Are you saying even more advanced math options should be provided?[/quote]

Algebra in 6th grade is rare, 30 kids most years and only at a few schools. The path to Algebra in 6th is not publicly shared and is fully dependent on a test in 6th grade. People are saying that the path is too strict and needs to be made public.

DS had a 145 on the Q section of the CoGAT, has SOL scores that have never been lower then 550 in math, to include a perfect score, and iReady percentiles in the 99th percentile every time he has taken the iReady. No one discussed Algebra in 6th grade with us. He hit every bench mark for Algebra in 6th grade but our school is not one of the ones that actively looks for kids that fit the profile and we did not know that the path existed.

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A ver small number students take Algebra 1 in 6th, definitely less than 1%. You can’t really ask the district to make programs and pour resources into something that so few students would benefit from.

In your case, you probably accelerated your kid with at home and outside enrichment, seems to me it’s more of your responsibility to figure out a path for advanced math placement, instead of complaining he wasn’t placed in 6th in Algebra. There are so many options available, just be nice and understanding when dealing with the school administrators, they most likely will work something out for your kid. Making demands and asking district wide policies and programs is definitely not the way to go.[/quote]
There are many programs where schools pour resources even if less than 1% use it.  But that is irrelevant here, since no new programs are required.  The point being made is a qualified 6th grade student should be given equitable access to an existing Algebra 1 course.  They can even help remedial 8th graders in that same class, if needed. Kids learn from their peers better when standard instruction method does not work out.   One of our extended family members who had a remedial math 8th grader was helped by a precocious 6th grader with their math.  [/quote]

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