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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]Why is Deal no longer offering Algebra 2 and geometry is the highest track in 8th?[/quote]
I don’t know, but my guess would be because it’s unnecessary, and because art and music are important too. [/quote]

What??  This is BS.

You can offer art and music and more  advance math.

At least Deal offered Algebra 2 in the past.  So they have taken that away and now no DCPS middle school offers anything except geometry by 9th.

Talk about lowering standards.  Why have Deal families not pushed back in this???[/quote]

At Deal, you always had to double-block to get to Algebra 2 in 8th. That means giving up another class. What other subject are you planning to sacrifice, if not art or music? History? Science?

There are only so many hours in the day. If you do more math, you have to do less of something else. And middle school is a little young to be dropping core subjects. [/quote]
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And Deal requires three years of foreign language.  Art/music/PE + history/civics + ELA + science + language + math = 6 classes. [/quote]

Why do you need to take both art and music?  Why can’t you take one or the other and take Algebra 2 like before?

Why are you prioritizing what basically is electives over math?[/quote]
Art/music/PE rotate, so they only take up one period total.  Every year, the kids take one semester of PE, and then art or music.  And not everyone thinks math is THE MOST IMPORTANT THING EVER.  [/quote]

OK but some families with mathy kids do think it’s important.

Why can’t they compress the math into 3 years like some schools in the city.  It’s not like the kids can’t handle it.

It’s ridiculous that what is supposed to be one of the best middle schools in DCPS only offers up to geometry in 8th.  This is such a low bar.[/quote]

It is such a low bar. And it hurts smart kids who are good at math look competitive for college. [/quote]

I'm sure all of those "mathy kids" could also finish all of DCPS's middle school science curriculum in a year. Why are we not angry about lack of accelerated paths there?  Because parents like to brag about how accelerated our kids are at math, but nobody cares about science.[/quote]

Science is a huge issue.  It’s so bad that some middle schools in the past scored like 2% with the kids who were on grade level with PARCC. Deal didn’t do that great either at around 30% but was in the higher end of the curve.

Unfortunately, apparently the new science curriculum DCPS has recently adopted for middle school, Amplify, is terrible and worst per the science teachers.[/quote]

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