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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Won't lack of funding cut non essential courses?[/quote]

No, they cut essential ones instead and send kids to Mc.  [/quote]

No they don't.  These are elective courses.  [/quote]

Schools can only offer so many classes.  So, they are trading one class for another.  We are told we have to go to MC and we have to provide transportation come junior year.  Not happening.[/quote]

Schools cannot trade out core courses for elective courses.  And they can’t force a student to go to MC.  AP classes are not core courses.  Various electives are not core courses.  Core classes are those like English 10,11,12, Alg 2,etc.  So while they are trading elective classes it’s likely the ones for which there are the most interest.

Also for DE courses at NC, they provide transportation to the MC campuses.[/quote]

So, what do students do when their school does not offer math classes appropriate for them junior and senior year as they stop after calculus?   They don’t provide transportation for one class.  [/quote]

You take an available math course or equivalent in your school.  Be it Statistics or a Computer Science course.  You plan to split Calculus into two years with Calc AB and Calc BC thus ensure the student has a great foundation in the material and will be able to pass College placement exams.  You work with a counselor to see if a higher course is offered at a nearby HS that the student can get public transportation to and get a free period in between to be able to make the trip.  You work with the counselor to determine how many students have the same need to understand why a higher course is not being selected to be offered at your school.[/quote]

Computer science is separate and does not count for math classes.  There is no easy public transportation and transportation should be mcps problem.  They scream equity but there is not any.  No, my kid should not have to slow down math and make them less competitive.  Mcps should offer it at all schools.  Or, provide it virtually.  [/quote]

Why would the be less competitive?  If the class isn’t offered in their school it won’t count against them.  Also you are arguing about one subject and most of the approved courses are electives that would have no impact on the math department.[/quote]

You don't see the inequity in that our school doesn't have two years of math for some kids and others do?  And, MCPS has no plan to address it but let the parents figure it out.  If other students on the same track have two more yeas of advanced math and a child stops the math come junior year, you don't see how the child stopping math would be less competative.[/quote]

The schools do have two years of math they just don’t have two years of math above a certain level.  Also schools are opting in to what courses they want to offer so take it up with your school about why they don’t offer the class you are seeking. Lastly, if your school doesn’t offer the class, colleges will understand why you haven’t taken it as you are being judged against the students at your HS.  [/quote]

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