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[quote=Anonymous]Not "watered down"?

Question is whether you are from STEM background or not.  Have you observed the intensive competition in the STEM field?

Note that NIH/FDA/NIST has their main sites in MoCo, these institutions do employ top notch people who are top 1% or even 0.1%.  Have you talked to any of parents in those institutions?

How about finance?  IMF, World Bank and Federal reserve are in DC.  Have you talked to parents in those institutions?

Math is so essential for technology/economic growth now.  GPS, data mining, cloud computing, electric cars, gene analysis, etc.  Do you have any idea that math models are used in simulating chemistry/biology experiments?

If kids in this area do not get advanced math knowledge, they will be basically deprived the opportunity to be part of the future.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Keep in mind that even though people are saying it is watered down..kids are still ending up in mostly the same place by high school.  Most kids have taken algebra and a good number geometry.  If that is where your son would have been in your old school then he is probably fine in MoCo.[/quote]

I agree. On-grade-level children will take Algebra I in 8th grade and an AP math class in 12th grade. Above-grade level children will take Algebra I in 7th grade and AP math classes in 11th and 12th grades. I don't consider this "watered down".

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/math/math-curriculum-plan.aspx[/quote][/quote]

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