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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is already taking Honors Algebra II this year in 8th grade and will take AP Pre-calc BC.  Has anyone else's child taken AP Stats in 9th grade?

**This is the AAP message board, no need to respond that 9th graders shouldn't be taking AP classes or to "just let them be a kid".  I'm looking for advice from other parents with kids on similar math paths as my son.[/quote]
There's no such thing as "AP Pre-calc BC," is there?  Do you mean AP Precalc?[/quote]

Here's a website that explains it, targeted to people like you.

[url]https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=%22AP+Precalculus+BC%22+fcps[/url][/quote]
So it's not a real thing, it's something that some FCPS schools made up.[/quote]
Subset of Traditional Precalculus == AP Precalculus
Traditional Precalculus == AP Precalculus BC (fcps attached this BC suffix to mean it is more than the substandard AP Precalculus)

Equity advocates raised concerns that the lowest-level math AP, which has recently been AP Calculus AB, was too challenging to study for. In response, the College Board proposed creating a new AP course based on the topics in Traditional Precalculus, which was also considered still too difficult by equity advocates. As a result, the College Board developed AP Precalculus, a subset of Traditional Precalculus topics, aimed at students who don’t plan to take AP Calculus AB/BC but still want the satisfaction of earning AP credit.  Equity achieved.

Since AP Precalculus is a subset of Traditional Precalculus, FCPS renamed the latter to AP Precalculus BC, with the "BC" indicating a more advanced level.

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/a-new-ap-precalculus-course-aims-to-diversify-the-math-pipeline/2022/05

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