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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mine will be taking it but only because he already had two years of geometry instruction at RSM, and this class will be mostly review/checking the box to be allowed to move to the next level. If this was all brand new material to him, I wouldn’t do it.[/quote]

We are not letting our similarly placed child take it in the summer because it sinks 5 weeks of the summer.[/quote]

What do you mean "sinks"? You're going to force your child to something less preferred instead? [/quote]

I mean if he does 5 weeks of geometry he misses Scout camp, he cannot do the high adventure camp he wants to do, and we cannot do family vacations that we want to do. The end of the summer gets to be too hot to do most of his, and our, preferred activities so we schedule camps and vacations as soon as school gets out. August is for goign to the pool and in-door STEM activities that he prefers. We are not going to cancel family vacations or suggest to him that missing out on backpacking/canoeing/scuba diving experiences with his friends so he can get a year ahead in math.

He has plenty of time to take math classes in MS and HS and College and, probably, grad school. He has less time to backpack with friends and go to summer camp with his Troop. There is nothing wrong with taking a year to fully set geometry in his head, which will help on the SAT and in math competitions.

It is a personal preference. There is a short period of time in your life where you have summers free to do fun things and maybe get bored. I cannot see interrupting that time with summer school short of failing a class and needing remediation.

We have friends whose kids have asked and the parents said no for similar reasons. We know more people who said no then said yes. The benefits did not outweigh the cons. 
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