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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah.  PP implied that FCPS is so proactive in meeting the needs of gifted kids that they identified a 5th grader, plucked her out of her 5th grade AAP classroom, and personally invited her to TJ.  There was the additional implication that if FCPS isn't letting your kid take Algebra in 6th, it's because your kid isn't qualified.  After all, look at how well they're supporting this kid who is truly gifted!

The reality is that a completely different school system let the kid skip multiple grades over many years, and she was admitted as an 8th grade applicant using the exact same process as every other admitted 8th grader.  FCPS would never allow for multiple years of grade skipping, and they're extremely strict with math skipping.  [/quote]

Yeah, that is because too many parents would try to do it.  They have to be strict.  We moved to a title 1 public school when my kids entered middle school.  The school only offers up to Alg I. One child was able to enter a special gifted math program outside of the school.  The other was still too young, [b]but I had him take alg I at the school in 6th simply by asking.  All I did was call the counselor and say this is the level his previous teacher advised he take.  That was that. [/b] They didn't even ask for test scores, grades, or do their own evaluation. The following yr he started the other math program.  [/quote]

Was this in FCPS?[/quote]

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