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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You don’t get put into classes based on perceived capabilities, you get put into classes based on what credits you have. Sometimes you don’t have the prerequisite for a class and can’t take it and sometimes your credits don’t transfer from another country. This isn’t personal. A 7th grader for example can never take AP US History, they don’t have the required prerequisite courses. Even if they’re savant level knowledgeable of U.S. history. [/quote] But a 9th grader can take APWH, can't they? So why can't OP's kid?[/quote]
This is an accreditation issue - counselors cannot just put a 9th grader in Calc because their mom says they can do that. [/quote] Then you should have no trouble quoting the relevant policy or any kind of evidence for this claim.[/quote]

Go look up Virginia graduation requirements and math pathways. If a 9th grader (or any student) does not have transferable credits in their transcript for algebra, geometry, algebra 2, they CANNOT just jump into calculus. We are not talking “my kid did math tutoring and can do calculus put him in calculus.” That’s not how accreditation for issuing diplomas works. You have to have credits for the prerequisite courses, period. [/quote] The school has the authority to retroactively award transfer credit in those courses.[/quote] As evidenced by the fact that the school gave credit for algebra 1 and geometry. [/quote]

Then those are the courses his transcript showed he could receive credit for, not anything higher, and you can not go from geometry to calculus. [/quote]

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