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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More for those that thought I was lying:

https://www.insidenova.com/lifestyles/10-year-old-linda-pistun-is-going-places-and-mars-might-be-one-of-them/article_b2481e70-9664-11ed-9af4-4f6a9ded786d.html

https://dailyprogress.com/news/local/education/uva-courses-are-no-sweat-for-this-10-year-old-girl/article_923545ee-3c7d-11ee-8d24-ef2dc04d8168.html

https://news.virginia.edu/content/10-year-old-wunderkind-hopes-uva-her-launchpad-space

https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/positive_vibes/tj-student-shoots-for-the-stars/article_d1b45c00-4da8-11ee-a6b1-f3ce67de1831.html

https://www.pwcs.edu/news/2023/09/young_scientist_linda_pistun_is_just_getting_started

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You may not be lying, but you’re still an idiot.  You’ve insisted in multiple threads that FCPS takes care of its truly gifted kids, and that if other kids were special enough to merit it, FCPS would provide appropriate acceleration.  This is false.  The girl in question attended Gainesville schools, which are apparently much more willing to meet the needs of profoundly gifted kids.  If she had attended FCPS, the best she could have hoped for was one grade skip and a couple years of math skipping, and only if the principal is willing to entertain the idea and central office is willing to sign off.  [/quote]

FCPS did not need to admit her into tj. [/quote]
They probably did.  If her PWC school didn’t meet its 1.5% allotment, and she met the requirements, they would need to take her. Keep in mind that she wasn’t admitted ans an 5th grader.  She was an 8th grader who previously skipped three grade levels.  Also, the application packet likely doesn’t include age.  [/quote]

This is clearly a PWC story not an FCPS story. Are there similar people who attempted grade skipping in FCPS?

It will be interesting to see if this student can keep up with the other TJ students.

Gainesville is a magnet school, which might add a twist to the 1.5% policy. [/quote]

FCPS allows single year grade skips, but those are even quite rare.  Of the 14,000 kids per grade level, around 30 are allowed to take Algebra in 6th and maybe 1 or 2 kids in 5th.   The kids have to be pretty far off of the charts to be allowed to skip multiple levels in math.  The biggest issue, though, is that all of this is contingent on whether the principal of your school allows skips at all.  Some kids meet the criteria for 6th grade Algebra, but the principal doesn't want to deal with the logistics and doesn't allow it.  Sometimes Gatehouse is the obstacle and they don't want to allow any kids to bypass their rules.

FCPS created a logistical issue for my kid, who was skipped ahead in math.  The year he was supposed to take 6th grade AAP math, they couldn't make the schedule work, and he was left without a math class at all.  Since he had already taken and crushed the AoPS in person Algebra class, I suggested that my kid be tested and allowed to take online Algebra if he passed the test.  Gatehouse refused to even let him take a test or bypass the rule that a kid must have a butt in a seat in an AAP 6th grade math classroom for a year before being allowed to take Algebra.

OP got hit with one of the standard ways FCPS blocks kids from taking classes at the appropriate level.  Theirs was the "Let's wait and see" followed a month later by the "whoops.  It's now too late."  My kid got hit with the "We're not willing to even look at your outside data/tests, and we won't even administer a test."  Some other kids get hit with the "It doesn't matter how far ahead your kid is.  Your principal won't allow math skips or 6th grade Algebra, so you're out of luck."[/quote]

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