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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was in HS (mid 90’s) Calculus A/B in 12th grade WAS the advanced path.[/quote]

As long as they provide a path to calculus in HS, I may be OK with this.  I'm withholding judgement until I see the rest of their webinars. [/quote]

When they implemented the recent changes, the website said don't worry, you'll still be able to take multivariable calculus in high school.
Now they are saying, don't worry you'll still be able to take calculus in high school.
Meanwhile, their webinar makes clear they don't care if calculus is not available.
Kids generally have to be taking algebra in middle school to take calculus in high school.
Algebra/Geometry/Algebra 2/ PreCalculus/ Calculus is a normal track.
They have tried to combine Algebra 2 and Trigonometry, which might be why a previous poster said it was moving too fast.
LCPS then has a Math Analysis class for people who took Alg 2/Trig before calculus which can be taken as early as 10th grade.
The new track has some algebra and geometry topics included in Math 7 and Math 8(and earlier grades), but you still are stuck with not 
being able to take advanced classes until 11th, where you can try and pick up algebra 2 and trigonometry and precalculus.

It is clear that they wish to have integrated Math 11 and integrated Math 12 as the only options as well, but then it will be too obvious that kids are not getting calculus.
They probably figure we will implement this, then down the road we can say the number of students taking calculus in high school is so low, we can advocate for eliminating it.[/quote]

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