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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP above, also noting my kid learned close to zero math last year at Wakefield virtually, and we've been paying all year for a tutor to help catch up, with very little help from the school and a fair amount of attitude from the teacher. Which is part of my disgruntlement. [/quote]

Couldn't they have just repeated the math class this year?  Or switched from honors to regular, or whatever the different levels are?

My kids are not in HS yet, but I thought math was the one area where there are lots of different classes and levels for a wide range of students.[/quote]

In many cases, parents aren’t fully realizing the gaps in math learning until the child is well into the next year.  Plus, if the child got a decent grade last year, schools are simply going to advance them to the next level.  We just now got specific feedback regarding huge learning gaps for my middle schooler in math.[/quote]

Yes, exactly this. They got a B in the class last year, which was taught almost completely virtual. (High schools were open in-person for what, 15 days last year?) Then this year's math class started with a review test from the previous year and basically half the class failed or got a D. It is what it is, the tutor has helped tremendously, and my kid is doing OK now, but Wakefield did not intervene, offered no assistance, and the teacher was really not helpful about the entire situation when I forced a meeting. We can afford a tutor. I think a lot of other kids have just been totally let down by APS.[/quote]

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