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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Next year I will have an eighth-grader taking Alg I H… I would be concerned socially about a 5th grader in a class with her and her friends. Maybe some can handle it, and maybe some schools have enough younger kids to make a separate section.[/quote]

It has never been a problem for my kid.  The older kids don't pick on the ones who are much younger.  They just ignore them.

Also, OP could have her child take the FCPS online honors algebra class.  [/quote]
I think the issue is the things the older kids are talking about[/quote]
Not the AAP kids.[/quote]

Oh lord! My DD is an AAP middle schooler. She and her classmates are indistinguishable from non-AAP kids behaviorally, in terms of how they talk, what they talk about, what music they listen to, etc. Most of it would be grossly inappropriate for a 5th grader.

OP, no one will pick on your little one. They will in fact be protective/admiring and probably call him Young Sheldon. However, he will be exposed to typical middle school language and behavior, which IMO he’s too young for. A friend’s child who took Algebra I in 6th did fine in the class work, but struggled with other kids’ behavior and teachers’ classroom management style. Which is apparently not much different if you do the coursework online (her second child who took the same route took online classes to avoid this and can into the same issues). [/quote]

PP here with a kid who also was bumped up several years in math and thought being among the older kids would be fine.  My kid was not bothered by any inappropriate conversations among the older kids.  There's probably some combination of the kids censoring themselves around a much younger kid, and my kid having older siblings and already being exposed to all of the 'older kid' stuff.

I think the online FCPS Honors Algebra class is the best option for OP's kid, both for social and logistical reasons.  Any kid who is this far ahead in math will have no trouble at all with handling an online math class.  [/quote]

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