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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you. He did not get in to Roberto Clemente magnet program. Does the middle school magnet program offer Algebra in grade 6, Geometry in grade 7 and Algebra 2 in grade 8?
I heard Poolesville SMACs do not offer Algebra 2?  This is what is very confusing for us. [/quote]

No, 6th grade Algebra is mostly offered at Wealthy Potomac Schools. I think one even offers AIM in 5th and another allows any student with &gt;250 to take Algebra in 6th.[/quote]

Good grief! Not you, again!

There appear to be a few schools where parents band together, and, having independently accelerated their children with outside enrichment during early/middle elementary, finagle an elementary principal into offering that in 5th grade, with the consequence that Algebra then is afforded to that cohort (or several of them) in 6th.

Whether or not this is advisable for any but those who are not only thus accelerated by famiy, but also more highly naturally attuned to math than would be served by the standard MCPS acceleration options, is a matter of debate.  Of less debate:

-- Such accomodation, per the many prior threads that have touched on this subject, appears not to be exclusive to "Wealthy Potomac Schools," though, among the very few schools doing this, it seems to be  provided at at least one school that could be described as drawing from north Potomac.

-- Such accomodation, if available at one school, should be similarly available at all schools.

-- MCPS remains reticent about this, and whether intentionally or not, fosters inequity by doing so.

-- The PP routinely shows up in related threads, often one resurrected from long enough ago as to be deprecated (certainly with more recent and relevant discussion being available in other threads), to bandy the "Wealthy Potomac Schools"/"WPES" trope.[/quote]

Yes, they offer acceleration, mostly only at the Wealthy Potomac schools.[/quote]

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