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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems like they should offer three pre-calc classes with following default pathways (setting aside other options like AP Stats):
 
Regular to Calc with Applications 
AP Pre Calc to AB
Honors Pre Calc to BC[/quote]

No. PreCal should ensure a student is prepared take Calculus. Period. It shouldn’t try to track you towards a particular course afterwards. That’s up to the student and teacher recommendation which should be based on performance, student desire, and speed of course.

Calc AB= Calc1
Calc BC = Calc 1 & 2
Calc w/ Application = Calc 1 with a more business focus and less abstract.[/quote]

Then you just have one general ed pre Calc class with some kids who are bored and others flailing. All three classes currently prepare you for at least Calc with Applications.[/quote]

Pre-Cal is the same as Pre-Alg in that both are points to ensure students have covered all the material necessary to be functional in the next base class.  It’s a review of prior content, additional depth, and introduction of some key ideas coming up. Pre-Alg for Alg1, Pre-Calc for Calc1.

The point of various versions of classes isn’t to track but to address speed, depth, and interest.  It doesn’t mean the on-level class should not prepare you for the next base class.  This is particularly true for Checkpoint class (ie “Pre” classes).

A honors/AP class may go quicker and thereby provide tome for greater depth than needed, or to look at things in different ways, or provide means for other exploratory learning like field trips or research. It might combine two classes or provide enough depth so you can skip the next base class in favor of an elective or a higher class. But the on-level class is still required to provide you the ability to move to the next base class.

Calc w/ Applications and AP Calc BC are options, Calc 1 is the base. 
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