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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]

I'm not sure why you're jumping on the PP.  PP's kid met the benchmarks for Algebra in 6th, but their school didn't provide it.  That's a pretty textbook example of inequitable access.

No one is asking for new programs or any resources at all.  It costs FCPS nothing to let a kid sit in a different classroom for math.  If a kid needs transportation to the middle or high school for math, the parent must provide it.   Even if the parent wants to take responsibility and figure out a path for their advanced math student, the school generally won't allow it.  It would be trivial for math teachers to allow kids to independently study their AoPS/RSM materials when they've already aced the unit pre-test or the beginning of year tests.  It would also be trivial for FCPS to allow parents to single subject homeschool their kids.  FCPS does not allow any of this.

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