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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It appears that our MS (a W-feeder) has decided to offer only AIM or Math 6, essentially taking the cohort rule that central office "promised" where there is an IM, Math 6, and AIM courses available.  As a matter of fact, we don't even have a differentiated enriched social studies program.  From the presentation, it was clear that all 6th grade kids will be invited .

Honestly, Central Office must think we are fools.  They tell us that they will offer these "manget-lite" classes but has no real plan to really keep a cohort.  I do not consider the entire 6th grade class the "cohort" that was spoken of.[/quote]

Here is my suggestion to OP. Talk with the MS principal. Show him/her the table central office released last year, where the numbers are listed showing how many kids in each category (MAP-M, MAP-R, PARCC, CoGAT-V, CoGAT-Q, CoGAT-NV) have been identified. I remember the number is around 70 or 80 for Hoover MS and Robert Frost MS, where MAP-M/CoGAT-Q/CoGAT-NV, the three categories of which are presumably to be used to determine who can get in the AIM course. Show the principal that only these number of kids should be considered "cohort" for the math.

Then, if MS principal is reluctant, talk with the central office. You should rebuttal upward, until the central office can hear you.

When Compact math is directed at the beginning, our home ES put every 4th grader in the compact math (we were in a W-feeder ES by the way). Then one parent rebuttal to the principal, then PTA, then central office eventually. Central office administrated our school principal to change her way, and now half of the students go the compact math way. I know some other ESs still put every 4th grader in compact math pathway. So if you really care, fight for your child.[/quote]

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