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Is the path in gray boxes only available at the wealthier schools?[/quote]

Yes, they appear unlocked for parents whose children are zoned to one of the affluent schools.[/quote]

There appears to be at least one elementary school with enough parent push and administration acquiescence to have some variation of Math 5/6 given to a group of 4th graders, who then take AIM (or a variarion) in 5th via a MS teacher and then take Algebra 1 in 6th grade.  It is almost certain that this group engages in significant outside enrichment (home study/tutoring) to get their children to the point where they can make such a request in numbers great enough to have that arrangement.

For any real outlier, not having the cohort, there is the possibility of such Math grade-skipping on an individual basis.  However, it appears to be heavily resisted by schools/the county, and may take a number of repeated requests/appeals to make it happen (and not as a whole cohort, of course).

Why MCPS doesn't make this clear is, well, pretty clear, even if [b]rather unjust and counter to their equity focus[/b].  Just to be clear, myself, I'm not advocating for gunning for Algebra in 6th, but I think MCPS should be working to identify and accommodate giftedness regardless of locale or parent push, whether in Math or another subject.[/quote]

BINGO![/quote]

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