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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Frost Middle has Hon Algebra 2 on campus. [/quote]

It is probably because it's one of the only schools that allows 6th-grade students with 250+ map-m scores to take Algebra 1. [/quote]

It's because the HS Algebra 2 teacher can walk from the back door of Wooton down the path to the back door of Frost in about 2 minutes.  And bacause MCPS tolerates differential implementation of curricula, bending to group parent pressure at one school but failing to provide the equivalent to students across the county.[/quote]

Yes, especially at the more affluent schools, almost anything goes.[/quote]

I'll feed the troll...

It's not about affluence.  It's about schools not offering the same thing across the county, some liberal in their management/policy interpretation and some strict, some bowing to parent pressure and others not, while MCPS intentionally remains mum and does little or nothing to address root causes of difference.[/quote]
LOL. HS classes come and go based on demand.[/quote]

Great.  Does MCPS make it widely known that HS Algebra 2 is available at all middle schools based on demand, and do they publicize the criteria that are used when making the demand-based decision?[/quote]

No.   The decisions on who gets to take Alg1 in 6th are not consistent and the lack of transparency is frustrating.

A few years ago my kid came into MS with MAP-M in the 270 range and was put in Algebra in 7th. Was told there was no option for anything else.  Came to find out later that there were in fact some kinds in Algebra in 6th either because home ES had accelerated or parents complained.  It all worked out in the end though as these kids all ended up in the same math class in the SMCS magnet.  [/quote]

For us, it was just an option on the registration and your fifth grade math teacher had to approve.  We only had compacted math.  Supplemented at home.  [/quote]

DC who scored 280 on their MAP-M in 3rd grade was told acceleration wasn't available at our DCC school. Even though they scored over 300 in 6th they still had to take AIM.[/quote]

What grade is this student in now? Did they get to go to TPMS Magnet? 
You can try for a double up on Geometry and Alg 2 in one year (8th grade), or Geometry in summer, to speed up.

Are they doing math contests? They must be amazing. [/quote]
Most schools won’t let you do that.   If they go to Blair it will all work out [/quote]

My high FARMS school lets kids take Geometry in 8th and commute to Algebra 2 at the nearby HS in the same year.[/quote]
What does their HS math pathway look like?[/quote]

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/schools/high-schools/k-q/poolesvillehs/uploadedfiles/departments/math/mathpathways.pdf[/quote]

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