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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m waiting to see. My kids have no clue what CES is. Our principal tried to reassure parents, saying each school offers the same advancement opportunities as CES. I doubt this is true. [/quote]

I know from posting on this board that my DC's non-CES ELC class is doing the same unit as the CES.  DC's ES also has compacted math, and it is pretty much the same cohort of students.  Plenty of challenge and good teaching.[/quote]

CES doesn’t offer any enrichment or acceleration in math (that’s separate).   The ELC is similar if not identical, so if your school offers ELC, the principal is at least close to correct.   Those of us at schools without ELC are the ones who really “need” CES.[/quote]

I also thought that CES and math enrichment would be separate.  But it turns out my child’s entire CES class is doing compacted math.  Even though our family got a letter from our home school last year —before CES acceptance off waitlist— saying our student was identified for grade-level math, not compacted.  Maybe it is different at each CES. [/quote]

It is different by CES. At some of the higher performing regional CESes they put everyone in compacted math but each year there may be 1 child that ops out. You can ask to have your child moved down. But they would then have to be humiliated by leaving their regular CES class for math. I remember this happening at DC's CES and it was difficult for those kids who wanted the regular grade level math because the math was not only compacted but enriched.[/quote]

Since compacted isn't linked to the CES, even the CES kids are sent to compacted math classes with different teachers. This means a kid wouldn't be singled out if they were in a different class since most kids are sent to different classes with a majority of kids who aren't even in the CES.[/quote]

This year, the kids are all with the same teacher, all day long. Everyone is in compacted math. Maybe with the easing in covid rules, they'll go back to switching throughout the day. [/quote]

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