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Are you TJ's press person or just drinking the kool-aid?   15% of last year's freshman class struggling in math [i]was[/i] new, which was why veteran teachers felt compelled to complain to the school board.[/quote]

It was not new that students were struggling with math. Teachers had been noticing freshmen having problems for a number of years and decided in the summer of 2011 to keep track of the numbers and offer help right away. This year (Fall 2012) the numbers needing help were about the same as last year (Fall 2011), roughly 15%. [b]They don't know the exact number for previous years because they were not previously keeping track on a formal basis.[/b] The reason they decided to keep track was that they had observed freshmen struggling with Algebra II in the past.

I'm just a parent who wants to see the correct information going out there.
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Then you should probably have this information from a May 30, 2012 Washington Post article:

"In recent years, [b]about 8 percent[/b] of the school’s freshmen have landed on a “watch list” of students with grade-point averages below 3.3 on a 4-point scale. This year, that proportion [b]nearly doubled, to 15 percent,[/b] and teachers said they were overwhelmed with students needing extra help."

Here's the link:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/math-and-science-gaps-found-at-elite-fairfax-school/2012/05/30/gJQAmT2s2U_story.html

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Please give TJ kids a break. I believe the Freshmen at any universities have higher percentage than TJ kids who get below 3.3 GPA.[/quote]

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