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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends on the school district. In my kid’s district, I learned the hard way that “regular” classes were really for the kids who were struggling. I hadn’t pushed him into honors classes in 9th grade because he had ADHD and is pretty much of average intellect and not super excited by school. He is pretty good with the non-stem coursed, though. Midway through last year he was complaining about something going on in his English class, and I looked at the class list. I recognized the names of the kids that he had been with in other schools who had had a ton of supports for reading and writing (which my son didn’t). This year, I made sure he was in honors classes (not AP) for all those subjects, and it’s going much better.

If your school district is Lake Wobegon, “honors” = regular, and put your kid in them unless they have a known challenge in that subject.[/quote]

This is what I am trying to understand. 
There are two honors classes available to freshmen - Bio and math (algebra 2 and geometry). 
Biology also has environmental science option which is the weakest option imho.
Math has a ton of options for 9th, of which regular Algebra 2 where kid is tracked by default is definitely not the weakest 
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