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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The math is advanced because students start earlier and move through relatively quickly[/b] since pretty much everyone is very smart and can handle it. There are various levels but all are advanced compared to public schools. Those that can’t handle it generally leave because they likely can’t handle the rigor in other subject areas either.

Those in the community believe the math teacher left due to the difficult administration. He was professional and didn’t say a lot but it was pretty obvious.

As PPs state there is a lot of turnover including the Physics teacher PhD who walked out a few weeks ago. This puts the AP students in a bad situation. As per other posts there have been several teachers who have quit in the last few months, which is a challenge in the middle of the school year.

The problem is a toxic environment and even if administrators  are telling you the truth you can’t rely on anything you hear because you never know who is going to quit tomorrow or what crazy bomb may dropped from the corporate office.[/quote]

But the above contradicts what someone else wrote upthread about classes only going through AP Calc and no post AP stuff, if so, what math would these early advanced kids take?

Are there enrollment numbers for 9th grade and up? Are there very enough high school kids at the school or do most leave?[/quote]

Enrollment is very low in the HS. Every year a solid majority leaves between 8th and 9th. Used to need +/-12 APs to graduate, now it’s 4. Test scores are good but when you read on the BIM website, you have to get to the fine print to see that the scores and 130 grads are across several schools. Who cares about the number of grads at another school when looking at a school in McLean?? Seems purposefully deceptive on something that is easily uncovered. Bizarre.[/quote]

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