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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I believe it is a requirement for Civics class. Maybe only for Honors though? My kid had to do them and enter them and verify them in their online system. It’s just 15 hrs. I don’t know what happens if they don’t meet the requirement. [/quote]

I have never heard of this at our MS. [b]I really dislike the inconsistency across schools.[/b] It's like the science fair in HS - all honors science classes must do it at our HS, but that's not the case at all. It's honestly annoying and discourages kids from taking honors, even when they can handle the work. I understand it shouldn't be a factor, but it is. [/quote]

This inconsistency is a huge problem.  I saw it as both a teacher and a parent in FCPS.  In theory kids should be able to move to a different school in the system and take the same courses.  I had kids who entered my class mid year due to a move within the county and they were coming from schools that were doing the same course in a completely different order.  This created big problems.  In theory an honors course at one school should be similar to the same honors course at another.  But we found that gen ed classes at some schools were essentially remedial and that honors at some schools was the same as gen ed at another.  FCPS is one of the largest schools in the county but a diploma from some schools is not at all the same as from others.
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