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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone please explain the FCPS Math Track to me? When I was a kid, it was:

8th - Algebra
9th - Geometry
10th - Algebra 2
11th - Pre-Calc
12th - Calculus

If kids take Algebra in 7th grade, what are they taking in 12th?[/quote]

Multivariate Calculus[/quote]
Why is it so important for children to take that in high school?[/quote]

It's not "so important", but it's appropriate for some students. When I was in grade school (80s) I took Algebra in 7th along with like 5 or 6 peers. Many of those same peers took Calc AB in 11th and then Calc BC in 12th (along with some strong students who took Trig/Pre-Calc in 11th and skipped AB for 12th).  Me and one other took Calc BC in 11th (along with a bunch of seniors) but then had no other peers with whom to form a Multivariate Calc class in 12th, so we had to take it at a local college instead. It was a nightmare and I felt totally lost, really wish there had been a larger cohort so we could have taken the MV class at high school instead. Freshman year my university allowed me to move on to LA/DE which was much easier, though it probably would have been a better idea to re-take MV in retrospect given how much I struggled with it towards the end and my eventual career path.

Students these days also have other options depending what they want to pursue, like Statistics or Data Science, and getting Calc knocked out in 11th allows room in the schedule for that in 12th without needing to sacrifice another elective.[/quote]

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