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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The superintendent expressed dismay in one of the employee town halls that[b] FCPS doesn’t offer precalculus in middle school (apparently her former district did at all schools[/b]). She is very much a fan of acceleration (much to the chagrin of high school math teachers!!)

I absolutely see algebra being the minimum for 8th graders in the next couple years, but I will be shocked if she is on board with holding kids back who are ready to accelerate.

As a high school math teacher I am nervous for what this will look like. Kids are already really struggling to keep up.[/quote]

Why do I find this hard to believe?  She sounds clueless TBH.

Adding - I took a quick look at her former school district and the middle school listed Geometry as the highest level of math class for 8th grade.  SMH [/quote]

[b]They probably offered to middle school students who could take it at their high school.[/b][/quote]

That still happens at FCPS. DD knows a kid who’s taking AP Calc BC as a freshman in HS. He must’ve taken pre-Calc in MS.[/quote]

It's mostly outside enrichment, my friends. Don't think this is due to schools doing a magical job; it's all parents pushing the kids very hard from early elementary. Similar to how a much larger and different group of parents push their kids into sports at a similar age. Two parallel arms races :)[/quote]

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