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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for the recommendation.

We have a few issues but this summer was what made us realize we really need some guidance.

DC was approved by their current counselor to take an MCPS summer school class to meet a pre-requite, but after the summer school course was over the school notified us that our home high school course and the central school course were only 90% overlapping, so the credit couldn’t be applied for the purpose it was taken.

Our DC came from a middle school magnet so they were not aware of many of the options at our home school.  As a result they didn’t register for classes freshman year that would have allowed them to advance further in areas of interest.  We requested advising from our local HS school both before freshman year and four separate time during freshman year but those requests were declined.  Our DC, with our support, has been trying to figure out how to catch up on their own (see summer school course) but clearly we haven’t cracked the nut.[/quote]

I’m sorry but you must be mistaken or getting the wrong information.

1. It doesn’t matter if your high school and the central summer school don’t have the same exact course, you will get credit no matter what.

2. Check your child’s StudentVUE and click “Course History” to check what credits are missing

Also people are trying to help you. Please give more information; what class did your child need to repeat, what grade are they in, name of high school?[/quote]
It’s possible that the real issue is that within the school there is more information actually being taught in the lower level course as preparation for the higher level course. The generic online county course doesn’t have that information, so the school says the student isn’t ready for higher course, even though they have “credit“. Or it’s something like engineering or chemistry where you can demonstrate content knowledge online, but have no hands-on experience to be ready for Advanced Engineering or AP Chemistry.[/quote]

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