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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, I'm not thrilled about him taking IM as a 4th grader. But he was moved from his first grade math into 3rd grade math this year and is recommended for 4/5 as a second grader next year. That would lead to IM in 4th grade, which the office of acceleration and enrichment wanted us to understand could have it's drawbacks, which I understand. We're trying to visualize/plan how to have his math instruction impact the rest of his school day as little as possible. [/quote]

Unless they are allowing your child to skip a grade, I would not allow them to push his math.  He will not be able to take IM.  My daughter was pushed prior to compacted math and she was then left in a class doing "grade 7th math" in 5th grade with others doing 6th.  She was bored to tears and skipped IM to Algebra 1 in 6th grade.  This is not allowed anymore.  You really need to push to accelerate in grades, not just math.  Otherwise he will get burned in 5th.  And the curriculum is SO much easier and mundane prior to 2.0.  My 1st grader is so insanely bored in math right now it is a joke.  They won't push anyone in another grade or grade math in our school.  So I just supplement at home.  [/quote]

While it isn't allowed anymore, what OP's child is currently doing is not allowed anymore either so there are clearly no hard and fast rules in MCPS.[/quote]

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