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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is true.  kids can be 21 and still in HS.  That's why you want to either be in a school with very few 21 yr olds (higher SES schools) OR your child must be in the honors classes at the middle and low-end schools -- to avoid having a 14 yr old freshman in biology/algebra (reg. class, not honors) with the 21 yr olds.

If your child really should be taking non-honors (nothing wrong with that), they are in a bad position if they are at the middle/low end schools.  [/quote]

Not true.  The older students are not in gen ed classes with freshmen or sophomores or whoever.  [/quote]

It’s not common but I recently had a 21 in my general level class with 9th and 10th graders. The other students had no idea. This was not at Lee but a high SES school.  It definitely happens more than you think. [/quote]

I work in a high ESOL population school. And yes, there are older students in classes. They are fine and respectful and happy to have the chance to learn. Most of my older students are trying to concurrently get into the trades, fwiw. The goal isn't a diploma. It's enough knowledge to pass the GED and pass whatever trade exam they need (HVAC, plumbing, nursing, etc). These are good people and I fully support them getting ahead. Yes, that changes how I teach, but you have to teach the students you have. So, I spend a lot of time differentiating to meet the kids where they are.

It's exhausting. I am relieved it's summer and there's a breather because my heart breaks every year. Kids lose their homes, their parents, they get in trouble with the law in ways that my own kids' friends in our wealth-ish area in Fairfax don't (here's an example -- how many times do 5-10 police cars show up to a house party in Vienna with kids being cuffed and searched and charged for possession? Never to rarely.).

I think the insider probably knows more but I think it's telling that people are calling her or him out. This is why FCPS is a mess. You -- parents -- are not partners. You all have chosen to be adversaries because there is this scarcity mindset. Screw whomever so long as I get what's mine. I've seen it for 20 years. [/quote]

If that is the goal then they do not belong in the general classroom.

The adults need to go to adult education at Bryant or similar programs, not to a traditional high school with 13 and 14 year olds (or 11 and 12 year olds at the secondary schools like LB and South County.

Why can this GED type preparation occur at the community colleges instead of traditional schools?[/quote]

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