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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is NOT going to be aSB decision of VDOE gets their way. SB is a waste of time. Effort needs focused at the state level. [/quote]

Loudoun County has already changed its course pathways to match the new plans.  They were not required to do this, as Fairfax has not done so I believe.
People can contact Loudoun County School Board and get them to overrule this.  Specifically kids who would have been taking algebra in middle school will now be taking algebra in 9th grade, current fourth graders and below.
Current 5th graders have been denied 6th grade algebra, and most have been denied 7th grade algebra.

Loudoun County has gone from having advanced math programs to being way behind.[/quote]
This doesn’t match with a Facebook post I saw from a lcps school board member.  He said everyone would take algebra is eighth grade.[/quote]

https://www.lcps.org/Page/212323

"These changes include the creation of Essential Concepts courses in Grades 8-10 to replace Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra II courses and increased options for higher level mathematics courses in Grades 11-12, including Advanced Placement courses."
[img]https://www.lcps.org/cms/lib/VA01000195/Centricity/Domain/26268/Math%20Course%20Progression%20for%20Website.png[/img][/quote]

That is not algebra in 8th grade.  What they are doing is splitting up algebra and geometry into multiple items, covering them over multiple grades, including prior to grade 8.
Look at the chart, they are OK with people taking essential concepts 8 without taking prealgebra.  This is because essential concepts 8 is equivalent to prealgebra, while 9 is equivalent to algebra.
An earlier version of the pathway had kids taking foundations of algebra in 6th next year able to advance to prealgebra in 7th and then algebra in 8th and stay on an advanced track.  This new chart takes away that pathway.[/quote]

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