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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]TJ students who are that accelerated fall into two camps

- autistic savant in math
- children of tiger moms hellbent on MIT[/quote]How do the former get placed in precalculus in middle school, when no school has that as an option?[/quote]

FCPS skips some kids ahead in math by several years in early ES.  FCPS has maybe 1-5 kids per grade level who take [b]Algebra I in 5th or even 4th grade[/b].  They take classes either at the nearest school that offers them, or they do it through the FCPS online campus.  [/quote]
If parent can convince elementary school principal, then the advanced path cascades from there.  There are few kids on this super accelerated path who have done calc AB and others who have done calc BC by end of 9th grade.  [/quote]

You can't just convince the elementary school principal, and being a pushy parent will get you nowhere.   The principal will need to test the kid and then get Gatehouse to sign off on the acceleration.  It's effectively only on the table for kids who have ludicrous scores on iready and can ace the standard End-of-Year test for several grade levels above the kid's grade.  [/quote]
Does FCPS have a policy on how principal is expected to handle such multiple grades acceleration requests?[/quote]

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