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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do languages count for this?  [/quote]

No.

So if you have a kid who is a gifted musician, for example, who qualifies for the highest choir/orchestra/band class as a freshman and wants to take advanced choir/orchestra/band all four years, plus their foreign language 4 years through AP, and extra math classes in their open elective spots, they have not fulfilled the "sequential" requirement because math and language don't count and their "fun" music elective was allon the same level.

So they either have to drop down in music their first year, or drop the extra math classes for 2 years to take an elective they are not interested in, just so they can check the stupid sequential electives box.

I hope that Virginia removes this requirement now that the government has changed hands back to republicans.

Maybe Chap Peterson can work with that republican education person from southern Virginia to set this requirement right.

Kids shoulc be able to use their high school elective classes on whatever they feel helps them to discover themselves.  It is 1-2 classes per year.  If they want to dabble, let them dabble.  If they are gifted, let them explore those gifts in the most advanced class they can handle.

This is just a stupid requirement put innplace for the sake of change.[/quote]

YOU ARE IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL. If your kid is that gifted, then they should be homeschooled or something else. These schools are not here to have you prep for an elite music career. THat's why a lot of elite (insert activity) home school or coop. Figure skaters and gymnasts come to mind.

There are several other hundred or thousand kids in any given HS and they cannot cater to each individual circumstance. That is YOUR JOB as the parent. [/quote]

Or the requirement is stupid and unneeded.

Kids take sequential subjects throughout MS and HS, why do they have to take sequential electives? What is the point? And why is it that some electives don't count, like extra language or math or art?

But none of that helps the OP who wants to know what some people have done to meet this requirement.

OP: have tried talking with your kids Counselor? It sounds like you need to find a two course series in an elective and that something in the arts is the easiest to find. [/quote]

DC told me according to counselor ANY sequential course will count if it is not required. So, I don’t know if DC misunderstood as it sounds contradictory to what posters are saying here[/quote]

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