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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some kids start Algebra 1 in 6th, in which case they are bused to the high school in 8th grade for first period math, then return to their school for the rest, with the understanding that they'll need to fill in math classes with dual enrollment at the community college or take whatever optional math classes are available at their high school.[/quote]

You're only eligible for that acceleration if you're at one of the W feeders.[/quote]

What is W feeders?[/quote]

Same parent posting misinformation all the time. Same thing.
Many many W schools actively discourage it. Your child could have extremely high outlier MAP scores and they would say no way.

There are a handful of schools all over the county (RM feeders, DCC feeders) that each might have 1 child accelerated. Some of those kids came from private. Some are really exceptional - and everyone keeps thinking their own kid is really exceptional but you are probably wrong because if your child were at this level the school would have allowed the skipping.

If your child is actually at TPMS you know the exceedingly few kids accelerated came from all over the county and your child would see this.

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You are responding to wrong thread. What is W feeders?[/quote]

A "W" feeder is an ES or MS that goes to Whitman, Winston Churchill, Wootton (or WJ, but really it's Poolsville).  Whitman, Churchill and Wootton all have 80%+ kids meeting System of Maryland Entrance Requirements, so Poolesville should be in that club as well.  Maybe it should be called W3P?

WJ, BCC, QO, RM, Blair, Wheaton and a bunch of others are about 60-70'ish% in terms of meeting System of Maryland Entrance Requirements.  Surprising Blair isn't higher since it has the DCC Magnet Program.

I think what the poster was trying to say is that the "W" schools have more kids likely to go to college so MCPS is encouraging them to "follow the pack" versus carving out exceptions.  I disagree with that view since it destroys what makes the Magnet or other accelerated programs special, but that's a differnent [/quote]

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