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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my kids were in elementary in Takoma Park they had an elementary level magnet that included enriched math starting in 1st. Also because it was a focus school class sizes were small (16-20).[/quote]

I think this is one of the very, very few elementary programs where true acceleration is offered. Most MCPS does not offer acceleration beyond compacted math for early elementary. I do know of a couple kids who went to the next grade for math, but they were rare and then always dealing with scheduling issues.

OP, I know of several non-W feeder kids who were as you describe your daughter, including my own. I have only known one child who was truly math gifted and adding and subtracting up to 20 was peanuts for him. That won’t be a comfort because even with a cohort of similarly bright and prepared children she will probably be quite unchallenged for public elementary. Enrich her yourself or find outside enrichment, or just wait it out, but don’t believe a word of it if a principal or teacher says they offer enrichment. It is regularly bs and translates to an extra math problem on the back of the homework.

If she gets into a CES it will be better because although they use the same curriculum, they will go at a far faster pace to cover it in order to have time for science or math project enrichment.

Once in a middle school magnet or in high school, math will get much better. And some kids your daughter was dancing circles around in elementary will have caught up or even surpassed her.[/quote]

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