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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most schools do gatekeep, because in their experience, accelerating kids doesn't end well.

Which totally sucks for the few kids who DO THRIVE ON ACCELERATION! Like my daughter. I had to fight MCPS so she could be placed in Alg 1 in 6th. She did pre-cal in 9th, and is now doing well in AP Calc BC in 10th. No problems, at all. She enjoys it.

I don't know how you can solve your kid's situation, OP, but I greatly sympathize.

Maybe tell us the name of the school system? Is there someone above the Principal you can appeal to? 
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Me again. I don't think OP's plan is bonkers at all. When the math coordinator at DD's middle school first rejected her placement in 6th grade algebra, he suggested that she do Geo and Alg 2 in 8th grade at the same time. So it can be done. We didn't want that, so we kept pushing for her placement in Algebra 1 in 6th, which we eventually got. But taking two math classes at the same time is perfectly doable.[/quote]

Yes, geometry is one that's pretty easy to take concurrently once you have Algebra I under your belt.

But taking two classes at the same time, and promising to "self-study" a course (typically) required for graduation are entirely different things. [/quote]

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