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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child had a 5th grade spring map score of 253 (5th) and 6th fall of 245. At Frost the process (as explained to me at least) was that unless you had very special circumstances all 6th graders were placed in AIM. After a couple weeks teachers made recommendations as to which 6th graders would be good candidates to push to algebra and those students, with approval of parents, had their schedules adjusted. This was not communicated publicly at all but parents in know could put their finger on the scale a bit and AIM teacher if your child could be considered for acceleration. This wasn't a sure thing but at least made sure your child was on the radar. After the first couple weeks the math coordinator reached out and said that my child was on the bubble and they could go either way. They gave the usual warnings of "it could destroy their self esteem if they try and fail" but we decided to proceed anyway.

Its been a great confidence booster for them to be in this accelerated cohort even though there were some challenges as the gaps of skipped material emerged. The school did not make any accomodations or special effort to help head off these gaps and the burden was generally on the student to ask for help.

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Is this a troll? Like, you think it's totally OK that "parents in the know could put their finger on the scale?" So much for equity etc.[/quote]

OP here. That PP is not a troll. After googling I found this. See how it mentions Algebra 2. :

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/robertfrostms/news-index/2024-summer-math-packets/

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/middle-schools/n-r/robertfrostms/uploadedfiles/academics/mathsequence.pdf

I wish we had the resources to be in a school like Frost. You would think a magnet school would offer Algebra 2, but we have to beg the school for placement and bussing, while a non magnet school actually offers the course.
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