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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some kids start Algebra 1 in 6th, in which case they are bused to the high school in 8th grade for first period math, then return to their school for the rest, with the understanding that they'll need to fill in math classes with dual enrollment at the community college or take whatever optional math classes are available at their high school.[/quote]

You're only eligible for that acceleration if you're at one of the W feeders.[/quote]

This is incorrect. Blair and Einstein feeders do this too.  It’s not just W’s.  [/quote]

No they don't.[/quote]

Huh? TPMS absolutely does this. My kid has several friends who bus to Blair for math![/quote]

Yes, TPMS reluctantly does this for a few kids who came from the wealthy schools that allowed them to take AIM in 5th grade or earlier. [/quote]

Wha??

Any kid that comes from an MCPS elementary school and has finished IM in fifth grade will be placed by MCPS in Algebra in sixth grade. It does not matter what middle school the kid goes to. There is no question of placing someone "reluctantly" since it is not up to the middle school.  On the other hand, if a kid comes from outside MCPS - private school or homeschooled, etc. - my understanding is that it is MCPS policy to evaluate the kid and place them appropriately. (But once placed, it is almost impossible to get any acceleration later.) I have heard of kids new to MCPS getting placed in precalc in ninth grade because they came from an advanced program and had finished Algebra 2 before they joined MCPS.

W.r.t. TPMS, until recently - a year or two ago - kids that were placed in algebra (or higher) in sixth grade were mostly kids that came from outside MCPS - private schools or homeschooled. These were the kids TPMS had to evaluate and make a decision on their placement. I knew of a few kids that went private (or homeschooled) for elementary instead of their W schools and then joined TPMS. MCPS did not give them any acceleration in elementary grades.

Contrary to all the crap being spread in this group, it didn't matter which elementary school your kid went to - MCPS stopped accelerating or made it almost impossible ever since curriculum 2.0. They went from one extreme, where kids were being placed one or two grade levels above in math willy nilly to  shutting it down completely. Then they started again, but it was still extremely rare - and the small handful of cases were not limited to W schools.

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Unforutnatley no DCC schools offer IM in 5th just a few rich schools in western moco.[/quote]

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