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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s only been a month but it’s been fine.  The work load hasn’t been much different.  He’s had very little homework but they get a block every other day that’s basically a study hall.  [/quote]

Is your kid taking any honors classes? Our HS discourages kids from taking more than 2-3 honors classes at a time. The honors classes have had homework from day one but from what I’ve observed from a small subset — then non-honors classes barely have homework which was the MS experience for both honors and non-honors. So our POV the honors classes in MS did not prepare kids and did not get the kids up to where they needed to start 9th grade. I think learning loss during 7th grade when school was COVID weird and largely at home had a huge impact. [/quote]

Where is this? My 9th grader has 4 honors classes (Core: Algebra 2 H, English 9 H, Bio H, and WH 1 H) and 1 AP class (Ap Comp Sci A). She also has Spanish 2 and PE 9. So 4 honors and an AP Course in 9th. I think AAP at Twain prepared my child but HS has a lot more tests and quizzes more often. It's non-stop.[/quote]

Herndon HS. [/quote]

Also from the AP coordinator or whatever she’s called: “anyone who takes more than one AP is just a show off.” Also from the administration, “do not take an honors class unless you are passionate about the subject. It is not worth the stress of taking all honors.” [/quote]

I'm having a hard time believing this. I was under the impression that administrations at the high-ESOL schools strongly encourage AP/IB participation because there is so much hesitation in those populations to take AP/IB.[/quote]

You’d be wrong. This is the universal message. Doesn’t matter if your kid has all As in Honors or AP courses. The MS recommended differently but the HS the message is don’t stress out your kids. Don’t take 4 honors courses. My neighbor kid with all As in Honors was even told he should drop honors math (he took algebra as a 7th grader). He wants to go into engineering. His parents were (and still are) livid. They went against the counselor and kept him in the honors/AP classes as he intended.[/quote]

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