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[quote=Anonymous]Our two kids have gone through Gunston. It has been fine (what MS is really amazing?). Teachers and counselors try hard and overall do a good job. For electives, music, art, drama, and video journalism have all been strong. My issue has been with the administration. All style, little substance. Very poor communication with parents (though it has improved somewhat in the past 18 months).

FWIW (realize this wasn't the OP's question) kids are really happy at Wakefield, and the administration there is outstanding.

Regarding the math tracks, APS changed the placement requirements for the entire county about two years ago -it ended up with about 1/3 as many students being put on the super-accelerated track (Algebra in 7th, Geometry in 8th) than in prior years. Our older child's cohort was under the old model and a LOT of kids struggled with Algebra in 7th. Younger child is under new model and it seems to work better. The system isn't perfect and if your child is grouped wrong there is recourse, but the super-accelerated track puts kids in Calculus as juniors which is intense (TJHSST doesn't even require this track - even under old admissions standards students only had to complete Algebra in 8th grade). [/quote]

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