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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was at BTSN tonight and learned that students who take on grade level pre-calculus (so not honors) will not be prepared to take Calculus AB the next year. This greatly concerns me. I understood that dropping out of the honors track wouldn't prepare my child for BC, but I thought it would prepare her for AB.

All of her friends scared her and told her that honors would be so much work so she dropped down, but now I am really upset for letting her. How is it that this course was not designed to prepare students? SHould I force her back in the honors track even though she doesn't want to (her math is strong, but she does not "like" it)? I'm a very upset parent tonight![/quote]

Why is no one surprised that communication is subpar in guiding students and families to the various options students have in math and in other areas. Sigh.[/quote]

I don't think anyone is doubting that.  We're new to MoCo and had we not had kind neighbors with kids who had been through the system, we would have been absolutely lost (we're still semi-lost).  It's hard to decipher the various courses with nebulous titles like Math AMP6+ and Advanced English (which is not particularly advanced), and the links to the descriptions of the classes are missing or listed as "coming soon" from the MCPS.

But the general message to the OP, is that she could still switch her kid if she wants. It's so early in the school year.[/quote]

It's hard to decipher that "6+" is the advanced 6th grade class? [/quote]

Yes, actually it was.  To figure out whether my kid should go into AIM6 or AMP6+ (coming from a different school system) took me time to compare the thematic coverage of the different courses, and a discussion with my kid's prior teacher.  And I'm an educated native English speaker.  MCPS doesn't make these things easy, and there's stuff on their website (and even more so on individual school websites) that is missing or out of date.  [/quote]

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