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[quote=Anonymous]We're in an older grade so not direct knowledge, but this is what I heard: there was a new 3rd grade teacher who was a last-minute hire due to scheduling changes/enrollment shifts requiring the need for an extra class.  The teacher wasn't considered very effective and between that and maybe general frustration with the construction/major renovations, a number of students in her class decided to return to their base schools .  They ended up dissolving her class and shifting students into the other classes.  So for that particular 3rd grade class--there were  some problems but they seem to be resolved.

Whoever said something about 5th grade math failing--I don't see that --from what I can see of that grade's AAP math there isn't a problem--the students seem to do quite well.  
I haven't reviewed AAP's SOL scores, but in general, SOL scores aren't the best measure of AAP because by 5th grade the content they are tested on is from a year or two earlier--so kids might just make dumb little mistakes--they still do tend to pass advance on average.  Better to look at the IOWA test scores for algebra aptitude as a reflection of a measure of where they are at.  White Oaks has consistently placed kids into Algebra Honors in 7th grade and also consistently has a cohort of kids who take it in 6th grade.[/quote]

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