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[quote=Anonymous]
Exhibit A reading thru todays post.

Definite defensiveness from people with anyone asking about grade level or accelerated classes.  Not a good sign.  The people repeatedly telling posters to ask the school ad nauseum is also not a good sign.

The poster who says they can’t believe everything DCPS admin tells you is correct.  Go to an open house and ask about accelerated classes, honors classes and many times you get vague answers, not straightforward.  Ask about what is the criteria for these classes and again vague, non-descript answers.

The one thing is clear is that there is no accelerated math class from the sole person on here with kid there says his kid is in the accelerated math class and will be taking Algebra in 8th grade.  In fact, DCPS is notorious, as someone mentioned, of pushing kids into Algebra who are not even on grade level or ready for it which is true.  So I am not confident that it’s even taught on grade level.

Any class can be labeled whatever you want.  Accelerated does not always mean accelerated and that is a big fact in DCPS.[/quote]

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