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[quote=Anonymous]It's curious how different the options are across the area.  The MCPS poster provided a lot of information.  I can speak to APS (this is not IB).  There are 7 academic periods, split over 2 days (3 long blocks, 1 short daily).  There is an advisory period and a lunch, both of which are quite short and not options for classes.

The way our school structures the social studies classes, the ones offered to 11th and 12th graders are the mandatory ones, so skipping out senior year is not an option.  Additionally, there isn't a tech requirement, but there is for economics.  That can't be statisfied in MS.  Health/PE is handled in 9th and 10th, but some students chose to do 10th over the summer to free up space.  Also, they have to fit in a 2 year sequential class (foreign language doesn't count).  Junior year is the language 5 class and AP is 12th grade.

That leaves very little wiggle room if other classes want to be explored.  Theater, marketing, human development, food & fitness, career center options, psych, etc. don't get explored.  I think that's a shame b/c exposing students to different courses helps them decide what they want to do when they are older.  The push for as many APs as possible is not a good thing.  [/quote]

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