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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unless their collective bargaining agreement forbids it, the Algebra 2 teacher will also have sections of Algebra 1.  And maybe even a section of Geometry or Trig.  Teachers are usually certified to teach more than just one course, especially in high school math, English, languages, and history. It happens all the time in other public and private schools.  Ideally, the teacher gets an extra stipend for the additional teacher preps needed to teach multiple courses.[/quote]

Teaching multiple courses is not the issue.  The issue is teaching a course although only 5, maybe 10, students need it, especially since DCPS seems to expect (ridiculously!) every class to have 30+ students.

If you have a full high school, a full range of courses would be available.

At a typical high school, some math, language, science, or other elective classes would include students from multiple grade levels.

If you only have 9th graders — as Macarthur will at the start — then classes that would normally include a few 9th graders but mostly older students, would be very small.  Will DCPS provide the class, or tell 9th graders they are screwed?

What about when the school is only 9th and 10th graders?

What about when the school is only 9th, 10th, and 11th graders?  Note that, at this point, the 9th graders won’t have any option about what school to attend, but will still potentially face a smaller set of course offerings than the school will have just a year or two later.  Same with sports, clubs, counselors, whatever.

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