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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son (now a junior) went to one of the HGC programs for 4th & 5th grade. He wasn't accepted to a magnet for MS, so he ended up at his home MS for 6-8th grade. They put him in IM7 for 6th grade, but it became clear very quickly that he already knew all the material (his teacher's opinion). The school agreed to move him into Algebra 1. He did get bussed to the local HS in 8th grade for Algebra 2. It wasn't too bad - he just took the HS bus in the morning, then was bussed back to the MS after 1st period Math. The hardest part was when the HS and MS calendars were mismatched for things like testing days when the HS rearranged the day's schedule. There were 5 other 8th graders doing this at his school as well. He took AP Calc AB in 10th grade and AP Calc BC this year. He got a 5 on his AP Calc AB exam last year. He is signed up for Multivariable Calculus and AP Stats his senior year next year (both are offered at his HS).

Montgomery County seems to accelerate math more elegantly than any other subject. My only wish is that they had realized from the start that my son should have been in Algebra 1. Missing the first quarter that year left him having to catch up.

For reference, my son was at Drew for the HGC program, Key for MS, and is now at Springbrook for HS.

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Unfortunately this is not a uniform policy.   From what I can tell its school/teacher specific as to whether this happens or not.   Definitely at Poolesville and Blair they seem to do the common sense thing of testing the kids when they come in.   No idea why this can't be done earlier!
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