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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote] Enrollment should be based on teacher recommendations, like the 8th grade teachers make recommendations for their students as they register for their 9th grade classes. They don't HAVE to enroll in an AP or intensified class that's recommended; but at least they know their teachers think they should. And if parents have questions as to why a teacher has or has not recommended an intensified level, they can discuss it with the teacher. Case by case decisions could be made; but students shouldn't be allowed to enroll in a higher level class than the teacher/school admin recommends after that discussion with the parent and student. [/quote]

This is reasonable, however it was made clear at Tuesday’s work session that families will make the ultimate choice. It really will be open enrollment, supposedly with teacher and counselor guidance but no barriers to anyone choosing their preferred class.[/quote]

PP here:  That's because APS wants to appease the parents and to avoid more work on behalf of teachers and the and arguments and vitriol directed at them by parents.  I wouldn't expect APS to establish a real policy; just saying what I think the policy SHOULD be.  Personally, I think a lot of (most?) students really do need more challenge in middle school; so at this point, let 'em enroll!  [/quote]
I'm not sure about other schools, but I'm not sure my kids teachers even know my kid particularly well.  If my kid feels they can handle an intensified class, and they have the grades/pre-req to support it, I don't see why a teacher recommendation should be a barrier.  
Teachers can be biased, especially against people of color or boys or kids that aren't the best behaved.  Case in point, my daughter scored in the 99.9% for quantitative reasoning and verbal in her cogat in 4th grade.   I talked to her teacher at the time about getting her identified as gifted because she met the threshold.  Never happened.  Brought it up in fifth grade, her teacher blamed covid, still nothing happened.  She was put in regular math 6 this year, has a 100% in math without even trying.  I emailed her TA about gifted services in middle school, was told that there wasn't a point since it only affected math, and you can self select into the higher math classes anyways.  I'm not saying that my kids elementary school had a bias against her, but its strange that she didn't get identified, and I can only really guess at why.  I'm sure there are lots of other kids that slip through the cracks like this.  [/quote]

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