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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please ask your middle school math coordinator right now for a placement test into Algebra 1. Some math coordinators try their best to avoid placing 6th graders in that class, but you can always ask for the placement test in the summer.

My kid did that. It was the best decision we made. She was in the most advanced classes her middle school offered in orchestra, language and math, and it was the only way for her to avoid utter misery and boredom. Thank goodness now she's going into high school, where AP courses make it easier to cater to academic kids.[/quote]

Okay, you had me at "most advanced middle school orchestra class" because there isn't really a such thing:).  The "advanced" options for middle-school-aged kids who are accomplished strings musicians are all outside of school (e.g., MCYO).  Also unclear what you mean by "advanced language" (foreign language?  Advanced English which isn't advanced?)

Listen, my DC was also very good at math and took AIM in 6th and granted it was pretty easy.  But to say a kid will suffer from "utter misery and boredom" at school unless they can take Algebra 1 in 6h grade is pretty dramatic. They can join the math club,  the drama club, write for the school paper, play sports, take a coding class, participate in advanced orchestras or chamber groups outside of school, etc..... The possibilities are endless!

OP, I do agree with the advice to reach out to the middle school math content specialist (you can find which teacher this is on the school website).  But don't immediately ask for a placement test for Algebra 1.  Just start by asking them about your child's math placement.  If it's AIM or AMP7+, this is already the accelerated class which is likely fine for a student with a 260 MAP-M (which is a good score, but not so ridiculously high that skipping over pre-algebra fundamentals is necessarily a good idea).  If it's AMP6 or 6+, then I would ask to have your child considered for the advanced class, which as folks have said, is either AIM6 or AMP7+. (essentially the same material, but different curriculum providers as not all schools have switched over yet).   
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I'm the poster you were happy to poke, with your inane "you had me at" comment. This kid is my youngest, my oldest is in college already. I meant what I said. DD has been in MCYO for years, and for school orchestra, has always placed in whatever orchestral group is most experienced. For example, she is going into the Philharmonic in 9th. She finished middle school in Spanish 3 (and attends a weekend native language school in our own language). She was in Global Humanities, etc.

OP has a child who seeks to avoid boredom by exploring academic concepts that are not usually taught to their age group. It can be depressing for such a child to spend 8am to 3pm every blasted day revisiting work they have already grasped. It was certainly depressing for all of my children! Enrichment outside of school is great, and necessary, but acceleration at school is also necessary and I am giving OP a blueprint in how to go about it for math, because MCPS will not tell her.

Try not to be too smug. You never know who has more experience than you.

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