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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was the first to notice this change and post it on this thread.  Before everyone gets all spun up about how this isn't hoing to work...let's see and hear what the math teachers ar your school have to say.  It may be structured differently at different schools (as a test pilot) or even done differently within a school  (i.e. some AP precalc sections do all four units and are taught the same as trig/precalc honors, and some sections only do three units and are essentially trig/precalc regular).  Right now none of us have the facts as they apply to our own kids.  Patience.  Learn with an open mind.   Teachers usually make good recommendations for follow on classes based on what they know about your kid.  DCUM experts don't know your kid or how your HS math dept is teaching any class.[/quote]
When a big change is proposed, they should offer the rationale for why they are making the move and information about how they plan to implement it. The information vacuum is a problem. Kids have to pick their courses soon and no one has any details. This seems like something that should have been piloted at a few schools before launching district-wide.

One of your options raises its own question. If a school makes a separate AP Precalculus section that covers four units and is taught the same as trig/precalc honors (by which I'm assuming you mean a more traditional style, not one centered on inquiry learning with real world applications), this is effectively trig/precalc honors minus the BC preparation, so why make any change for these kids? The kids in these sections will likely go on to high school calculus and don't need an AP Precalculus credit. Let them continue in trig/precalc honors and receive BC preparation, while opening up AP Precalculus to a broader audience as AP designers intended. It's these gaps in logic that are puzzling people and need to be explained. Otherwise, it appears like FCPS is trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.[/quote]

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