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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The issue is with kids who switch schools in the middle of the sequence. The kids who stay at Basis will get all the content eventually.

It is just something that parents of kids who want to move from Basis to another school need to take into consideration.

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if you start in 8/7 in 5th, Algebra I in 6th, Algebra II in 7th, and Precalculus in 8th and leave for high school you have completed the sequence and thus deserve full credit for Geometry

And that their two years of World History will be wasted but the AP maybe will be good practice?[/quote]

At established BASIS schools, attrition between 8th and 9th is 30-40% - expected and anticipated.  Those who start at the regular math level should get credit for Geometry because they will have taken Precalculus and thus a full year of Geometry.  Those who take the World History AP and get a 3 or above should not be required to take it over.  But Geometry and World History are "graduation requirements."

I think Mr. Eyerman should raise the issue for those kids because he knows they are going to leave.

Those who have left after precalculus and stayed in public have been required to take Geometry.

The most advanced math class in the school started at 8, and is now down to 4.  In the last two years, two of the kids in the top math class have left each year as 8th graders.  Some went private.  Those who went public, including those who took AP Calculus AB, have been required to take Geometry.

In the present 6th grade, there are something like 14 kids who will be taking AP Calculus AB in 8th.  So this is going to be a big deal for them.  It would nice to see some uniform rules that worked in our favor.

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