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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Your child may be embarrassed not being on the same math track as a lot of his peers.[/quote]

I'm not OP, but I'm going to take some inspiration from her and ask that you spell out exactly what you mean by "a lot of his peers.

You can't possibly mean "kids at his school" because we've established that there are kids at his school in Geometry. So, what exact qualities would you say OP's child has, and what qualities to his peers have? [/quote]

Let me blunt. His “peers” are kids who are also well behaved, come from MC/UMC families who care about education, and do extracurricular activities (band, sports). Also kids who he is in honors history with (who fit the qualities) above. If the kid attended a parochial school k-8 and his parent cares enough to come on this board, he is probably a clean-cut, good kid. So the kids who are in honors/Ap classes are his peers.[b] My child was in Algebra 1 but all other classes honors in 9th grade. She felt behind her peers.[/b] Don’t be obtuse. [/quote]

It is useful to hear from someone with firsthand experience.  I don't thnk that clean-cut=good kid, though[/quote]

Or MC/UMC = Good kid or low income = bad kid which seems to be the implication.
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Most kids will take Algebra in 7/8th.  Algebra in 9th now good or bad is the lowest math offered.[/quote]

How the heck is Algebra the lowest math offered in 9th? My kids go to a better high school than these (in a different state) and for 9th grade we have: pre algebra, algebra 1 part A, Regular Algebra 1, Honors Algebra 1, regular geometry, and honors geometry. Maybe the reason why the DCC schools are low performing is because they don’t remediate enough. [/quote]

Clearly your school isn't better if that is what they offer in 9th.

The big issue with down county schools and the kids is many of the elementary schools ignore the ESOL kids (at our school the kids often translate for the teachers which is unacceptable and ESOL services are minimal) and kids with LD's and other SN except a few are not getting the supports they need.  They ignore any reading issues till around 3rd and its then much harder for those kids to catch up and the quality of the teachers/education is really poor.  So, those kids get passed on to the middle schools which have a lot more supports and help for these kids but by then most of the kids have given up.  They are good kids who didn't get their needs met in elementary school.[/quote]

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