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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why can’t you bring the bottom up without limiting options for the top? I think that’s the root of the problem. No one (or most normal people) don’t mind bringing the bottom up. It’s when you limit the options at the top that people get upset. [/quote]

You are speculating that there will be “limited options”. 
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It's not speculation.  One track of heterogenous classes up through 10th grade.  That's the very definition of limited options, and guaranteed it will be focused on bringing up the bottom.  [/quote]

[i]  School divisions will also be able to offer advanced sections and acceleration through the courses. [/i][/quote]

You keep quoting these things that *have just come out* from VDOE and *are in direct contradiction* from what VDOE has been saying for months, then berating people for speculating in an attempt to shut down discussion[b]. You have no idea if this is an about-face, or if this is just that the spokesperson has no idea what he's talking about. [/b]

We'll hopefully find out more tomorrow night on the next webinar.[/quote]

Or a direct lie.  DOE is not the same as the VMPI group.  VMPI group sends talking points to the other folks who aren't focused on it.  In the video on changing diploma standards, it was explained that VMPI was adding new pathways, no discussion of eliminating tracking or that pathways are eliminated in lower grades, or how the classes would have more material added and existing subjects eliminated.  They didn't need to know all this because the diploma standards was about adding an extra year of math to graduation requirements.

IT can be considered real if LCPS undoes the changes they made in response to the new pathways.  Current 5th graders can be on an advanced track, but current 4th graders will not be, and will be in essential concepts 7 in 2023-2024, even though the assurance is that changes don't go into effect until 2025-2026.
Part of this is they are already implementing the changes to the 2023 SOLs.  [/quote]

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