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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FYI, since this seems to be misunderstood on this thread: when you expunge a middle school grade, you do not have to retake the course. You may choose to, but you don’t have to. [/quote]

So you get the credit (if you pass) but you don't get to see the grade--is this what you mean?  Because you'd need the credit from the class, so just want to make sure we understand this.[/quote]

Colleges will know that means it wasn’t a good grade [/quote]

Colleges are not going to care about any grades from middle school.  Heck, a lot of colleges discount grades from 9th grade when they recompute GPAs.

The bigger issue is that if the grade is poor enough to expunge, the kid will struggle in Algebra II or pre-calc.  I'm not sure that I would place a child in FCPS 6th grade Algebra without also having the kid take Algebra through RSM or AoPS.  [/quote]

I agree with your second part, but I know for fact the colleges care.  It is absolutely a red flag to not have a grade for a math class.  They look very closely at course selection, grades for all high school courses. Expunge at your own risk.  [/quote]

I have a current 12th grader and have spent a lot of time talking to college counselors.  Colleges really, truly don't care about grades from elementary or middle school, no matter the class.  If a kid had a low or expunged grade in Algebra I as a 6th grader, but later had As in algebra II, pre-calc, and Calc, colleges will not care at all about the Algebra I grade.  Most colleges re-compute a kid's GPA based on their own weighting system, and classes taken in middle school (and sometimes 9th grade) are not considered in this.

The issue here isn't some sort of "red flag" based on a missing Algebra I grade from elementary school.  The issue is that a kid with a low enough grade in Algebra I is unlikely to have As in algebra II, pre-calc, and Calc.  Theoretically, if a kid were to expunge Algebra I, get some heavy tutoring, and then earn As for all remaining math classes, they'll be fine for college admissions.   As in AP Calculus and DE post-calc math would outweigh any Algebra I grade or lack thereof.

Realistically, what is going to happen with most of the kids who aren't taking outside enrichment classes is that kid will get an A or A- in 6th grade Algebra I due to lowered expectations and watered down content, and then get much lower grades in later math classes due to having a poor foundation.  [/quote]

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