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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]It is a little strange that the MCPS high schools recommend different science sequences[/b] for STEM focused kids.

In WJ the recommendation to get the maximum science AP courses is as follows:

9th Grade: Honors Biology & Honors Chemistry
10th Grade: AP Physics 1 & AP Environmental Science
11th Grade: AP Physics C & AP Chemistry
12th Grade: AP Biology[/quote]
The high schools have always operated independently from each other when it came to science courses. Prior to ~2004 and the introduction of county-wide final exams for science, even the content in a particular course could vary widely from school to school. High Schools program for the students they have and have to consider all of the special populations and programs within the school. If you don't have enough kids taking BC Calculus, you can't offer AP Physics C. If you suddenly start getting a lot of kids from middle school having completed Honors Geometry and Honors Physics (at Parkland) you add a magnet program (Wheaton). And when there are big changes such as the elimination of Matter and Energy and the requirement for all students to take the new NGSS courses (Bio, Chem, Physics) or AP/IB courses, you can get a staffing problem as a large bump of kids end up taking a particular course. Each high school has to respond differently - thus all the variation.[/quote]

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