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As a foreigner, it took me YEARS to understand what our options were in our neck of the woods, and that's with going to public meetings, looking at the MCPS website, and talking to other parents.

And it's only a few weeks ago that I realized my rising 9th grader would be in classes with older students because high school classes are mixed age! It's so normal here that no one thought to tell me, or write it out on documents (I also didn't understand what "credits" or "gpa" meant. Now I do.). In my home country, unless someone repeats a grade, that never happens.
 
In conclusion, do you research. I suggest you start with the MCPS website. You can also email your school counselor.[/quote]

Why is it such a big deal that your kid would have some classes with students who are a bit older?[/quote]

There is an incredibly large maturity gap between 14 and 17, and even if the kids are all working on a specific subject matter, more life experience and maturity can have consequences in the classroom. [b]I feel as if my child might be at a disadvantage academically and socially in this situation.[/b] I was told that one AP class in particular would have seniors in it. They will probably be really nice, but... Since I had a K-12 education grouped by age, I have no reassuring personal experience of a mixed-age classroom.
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Maybe? Maybe not? But generally that's how things work, sometimes you're at a disadvantage and sometimes you're at an advantage. [/quote]

As a teacher who has classes with mixed grades (drama) I can tell you that for many, many kids, it's a wonderful experience. They meet kids from grades (and academic "levels") that they never would meet otherwise. And they all get along quite well.[/quote]

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