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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid says there are kids that come to school and talk about learning a new coding language over the past week for fun. If that is your kid, acceleration seems like a great idea and I love that they have the option. For my kid who didn’t go to TPMS, I’m glad he likes CS but can take the normal 2 years that are required and hopefully a few electives. It’s a great program because you can do it either way.[/quote] It’s required all four years of high school if you are in the magnet. It is a computer science magnet as well as math and science.[/quote] A maximum of 5 semesters of CS is required for the magnet. Four if you skip one. You do not have to take more CS after AoA. In your junior and senior year, you may choose from a wide range of magnet electives. These can include CS but it isn't necessary.[/quote] This years 9th graders were told that if they accelerate they would be expected to do it to make space for another computer science elective in their junior or senior year, not an elective on a different subject.[/quote] This sounds strange, and I would advise anyone whose kid is considering the accelerated CS path to verify this with the magnet coordinator. Historically, science and computer science classes in the first two years are fixed, with two options for CS. Both CS pathways require four semesters of CS. After that there are no required science/CS classes, except, some advanced classes may have prereqs. Requiring students to take a CS elective in the junior/senior years just because they took the accelerated CS path seems very uncharacteristic of the program. -- DP[/quote]
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