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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not Longfellow or McLean, but my kids' experience has been that all honors is the way to start. Some kids need four weeks to really get in the swing of things and adjust to each teacher's style, after which you can decide together with their teacher/counselor if they should stick with honors or drop down. Dropping down to regular in one or even two classes is not a big deal. However, being "stuck" on a regular track if the student is capable or doing honors work is a problem. Self-doubt, established peer group, comfort zone. All these make it difficult to step up to honors if the student did not start there in 9th grade. Good luck, OP![/quote]

Your district may be different. I have a good friend whos kids attended a different FCPS high school once they moved. When her older kid started at McLean he struggled with honors and needed to drop down. They moved and he flourished in honors and then AP, but got 3s on most APs. It worked out well for him. He enjoyed being considered one of the top students and it was a less competitive atmosphere. Meanwhile at McLean in one of my kids' AP math classes, kids who got Bs and Cs got 5s on the AP. The rigor was different. She even said the demand level, complexity of exams, etc for honors classes was less than what she saw at McLean.[/quote]

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