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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Furthermore, to reach calculus in 12th grade, a student must now study math over one summer.[/quote]

This is unequivocally false. Now ALL girls will reach calculus by 12th grade instead of just the top 75% of the class. The elimination of tracking now highlights the fact that the bottom 25% of the class were never  before given the opportunity to move beyond a placement decision made when they were 11/12 years old. I see that as a huge win. [/quote]

Under the new system, the top 25% don’t have the option of taking geometry in 8th grade any longer. To be on par with girls who enter in 9th grade, they will probably need to take geometry over the summer. [/quote]

So the top 25% who would have taken geometry in 8th are now going to be sitting in math class bored? How does this help them?

I spoke with a mom with a rising 8th grader at Holton and she told me her daughter was so bored last year in math they are applying out. [/quote]

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