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[quote=Anonymous]We were just told that only about 1/3rd of the kids in Compacted Math 4/5 will be in 5/6 in our school and we'll find out the placement for our kid next week. To be honest, I can't even say that I'm enamored with the "Compacted Math is just skipping over random topics in Regular Math" way of going about things, but it's basically the only advanced option offered at our school ("enrichment" before 4th grade basically meant random math puzzles a few times a year and kiddo was extremely bored). They also made it sound like it's not a big deal if the kids are in Regular Math, but it seems like Compacted Math is the only option to take 2 years of AP Calc in HS (I didn't do all my education in the US so I have a hard time keeping track of all the various Algebra, Precalc etc classes, plus they've been changing a bunch recently). I don't think it's a tragedy if you don't do this (and things are changing quickly anyway) and I know a number of people who were successful in STEM with just Calc AB, but it sure helps a ton take Calc BC if you go the STEM route! I also refuse to believe that you have to be some kind of genius to be in Calc BC. They're making it sound like "Compacted Math was just supposed to be for a very few brilliant kids and there are too many kids who can't handle it in it now." It's true that 3/4 of our school was in Compacted Math, but it sucks that for most of them there won't be any kind of intermediate option in 5th grade.

It was kind of funny because one school official on the call kept blaming the pandemic for it (because they didn't cover 2 whole geometry modules! gasp!) while another one basically said upfront that it was because MCPS wants to phase it out.[/quote]

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